Tenuta di Carleone TENUTA DI CARLEONE Chianti Classico 2021

Description

Tenuta di Carleone Chianti Classico 2021 is among the most interesting Sangiovese in Radda in Chianti. The hand-harvested grapes, fermented and macerated for 2 months which are then refined in steel and oak barrels give life to an intriguing, juicy, agile and floral wine.

The Tenuta di Carlone is located on a sunny and gentle slope of Radda in Chianti. The estate extends over 100 hectares of land including woods, olive groves, and 20 hectares of Sangiovese vineyards, some over 60 years old. The vinification is traditional and artisanal, with long macerations, fermentations with indigenous yeasts and the use of whole bunches in concrete and oak vats, old and new.

The people behind this estate are Austrian entrepreneur Karl Egger and his friend Sean O’Callaghan, aka One Eye. A non-interventionist winemaking approach is adopted, with no commercial yeasts and no fining agents. Both biological and biodynamic principles are used in the vineyards.