CHIANTI TASTING
Your private wine experience
We invite you to experience a private wine tasting in the relaxing atmosphere of your vacation home lounging on the terrace or by the fire place in undisturbed peace and without any time pressure.
A professional introduction to the fascinating wine-world enriches your vacation and is appropriate fo all wanting to live an authentic oenological experience.
Flavors, fragrances, colors, dishes which in everyday life bear the sign of old cultures and variegated traditions are part of this famous landscape.
Our first aim is introducing you to this prestigious wine region, its history, the process of wine making from the vineyard to the secrets in the cellar and replying to your questions such as:
- Is Chianti a grape variety?
- What has the rooster to do with Chianti Classico wine?
- What is the difference between Chianti and Chianti Classico?
- What is the difference between Chianti Classico and Chianti Classico Riserva?
- What is the meaning of DOC, DOCG, IGT?
- What is a Supertuscan?
Wine and food belong to contemporary life style and you will have more fun with oenogastronomy knowing about the tasting techniques:
- What does the color of wine tell you?
- How can I recognize the complex world of aromas and flavours?
- What kind of food goes nicely with which wine?
After the theoretical part, you will certainly enjoy our interesting blind tasting of a fine selection of wines. We shall analyse your individual impressions.
Your class includes also a brief presentation and the tasting of two more Tuscan treasures:
Grappa and Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Please note that we do not sell wines and there is no purchase obligation.
Live and enjoy Tuscany!
Susanne Janotka
Phone +39 338 9234882
Karin Dietz
Phone + 39 335 245677
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| 2 Chianti Classico wines + 2 Chianti Classico Riserva wines | 3 Supertuscans |
| 2 people | Euro 80.- per person | Euro 110.- per person |
| 3 – 4 people | Euro 70.- per person | Euro 100.- per person |
| 5 – 10 people | Euro 60.- per person | Euro 90.- per person |
| More than 10 people | Upon request | Upon request |
Individual tastings upon request.
The class (2 – 3 hours) is held in English by an experienced sommelier and provides:
- your personal tasting set
- an informative brochure
- 3 or 4 wines (according to the selected class)
- grappa
- extra virgin olive oil
Annual wine festivals:
2nd weekend of September in Greve in Chianti
September 7th / 8th and 9th, 2007
3rd weekend of September: Vino al Vino in Panzano in Chianti
Thursday September 13th to Sunday September 16th, 2007
The Tuscan champions (Chianti and Brunello di Montalcino) have no equal in the rest of the world and the merit is certainly of their producers, but also in ideal growing conditions and a millenia-old-culture.
Chianti has a very long history and its name appears for the first time at the end of the 14th century.
The landscape of Chianti is nowadays a font of inspiration: it provides the background for advertisements and it is the location chosen to portray a lifestyle and to furnish an image of rare beauty.
Denomination Chianti Classico
Nature of the terrain
Hilly terrains with maximum altitude of 700 meters (2.297 feet): sandstone substrata, calcareous-marly, clayey schist, sand and pebbles
Varieties
Sangiovese from 80% to 100%; complementary red varieties recommended or authorized for the production zone, up to 20%
Minimum density of vines per hectare
For new vineyards must be 3.350 vines per hectar (1,356 an acre)
Initiation of production of vineyards
Beginning with the fourth year after planting
Max. production of grapes
75 quintals per hectar (3,34 tons an acre)3 kilos (6,6 pounds) per vine
Alcohol level
Minimum total alcohol level at the time of release for consumption 12◦, for the Riserva 12,5◦
Sensory Characteristics
Limpidity: limpid
Color: bright ruby red tending to garnet with aging
Odor: vinous, with scents of violets and with a pronounced character of finesse during the phase of aging
Flavour: balanced, dry (with a maximum of 4 g/l of reducing sugars), sapid and lightly tannic, softening in time and becoming velvety
Release for consumption
Regular wine: beginning on October 1st of the year following the harvest
Riserva: after at least 24 months of aging including at least 3 months of fining in the bottle
Vinification and bottling
Vinification, preservation, bottling, fining in the bottle and aging must be carried out within the production zone
Controls
To have the right to the Chianti Classico DOCG, each segment of wine, which must come from registered vineyards, must pass a chemical and sensory examination
Due to our collaboration with the Unione Viticoltori di Panzano in Chianti (Wine Producer Association of Panzano in Chianti) we are happy to introduce you to the fine wineries located in the area of Panzano and surroundings. We represent the vacation homes at local wineries . Please contact us.
Fattoria Casaloste
Panzano in Chianti
Tel. +39 055 852725
Direct selling and tastings from May to October from 10.30 am to 1 pm and from 3 pm to 7 pm during other months upon appointment
Guided tours only upon appointment (detailed information about vinification, visit to the vineyard, to the cellars) with fee
max. 15 people
Languages: Italian, English, French
organic Chianti Classico and olive oil, also Grappa
Cennatoio
Panzano in Chianti
Tel. +39 055 852134
Direct selling and tastings upon appointment
Visits of the cellars upon appointment
Opening hours: 9.30 – 12 and 2.30 pm to 7 pm from Monday to Saturday (May to October)
Languages: Italian, English
Max. 10/12 people
Fontodi
Panzano in Chianti
Tel. +39 055 852005
Le Cinciole
Panzano in Chianti
Tel. + 39 055 852636
Le Fonti
Panzano in Chianti
Tel. +39 055 852194
Montebernardi
Panzano in Chianti
Tel. +39 055 852400 and +39 055 852305
direct selling Monday to Friday 10 am to 6 pm
tastings upon appointment
Languages: Italian, English, German
Panzanello
Panzano in Chianti
Tel. + 39 055 852470
direct selling Monday to Friday 9.30 am to 1pm and 3 pm to 7 pm
tastings and visits of cellar upon appointment
Languages: Italian, English, German
max. 10 people
Castello dei Rampolla
Panzano in Chianti
Tel. +39 055 852001
Direct selling, tastings from Monday to Friday 9 am-12 am and 2 pm to 6 pm
Visits of the cellars only upon appointment
Languages: Italian, English, German
Candialle
Panzano in Chianti
Tel. +39 055 8560947
direct selling, visits and tastings only upon appointment
languages: Italian, English, German, Finish, French, Spanish
max. 10-15 people
Fattoria La Massa
Panzano in Chianti
Tel. +39 055 852722
Vecchie Terre di Montefili
Panzano in Chianti
Tel. +39 055 853739
Vignole
Panzano in Chianti
Tel. +39 0574 592025
Il Vescovino
Panzano in Chianti
Tel. +39 055 852907
La Marcellina
Panzano in Chianti
Tel. +39 055 852126
Carobbio
Panzano in Chianti
Tel. +39 055 8560133
Fattoria di Rignana
Panzano in Chianti
Tel. +39 055 852065
Renzo Marinai
Via Case Sparse 6
Panzano in Chianti
Tel. +39 055 8560237
Fattoria La Quercia
Panzano in Chianti
Tel. +39 055 852516
Typical local products
Olio extravergine di oliva del Chianti Classico (extra-virgin olive oil, DOP)
Suino cinto senese (Cinta senese pork, in the process of gaining official recognition)
Olio extravergine di oliva toscano (Tuscan extra virgin olive oil, IGP)
Prosciutto toscano (Tuscan ham, DOP)
Pecorino toscano (Tuscan pecorino cheese, DOP)
Denomination Chianti Colli Fiorentini
The Chianti Colli Fiorentini is a subzone of the controlled and guaranteed origin appellation created in 1932, following the ministerial decree that extended the boundaries of “historical” Chianti to most of Tuscany. The strip of land defined by the regulation crowns the the most northerly part of the Classico – area, delimiting an area of ancient and noble wine-growing tradition that stretches from the Arno-valley to the Val di Pesa. But the difference from the other subzones of Chianti DOCG is not just geographic, but also a certification of quality through the imposition of stricter production-rules. While for the rest of the appellation, the maximum quantity of grapes obtainable from any vine stock is 4 kg and 9 tons per hectare, in the sub-zone of Chianti Colli Fiorentini the regulation permits only 3 kg per plant and 8 tons per hectare. When not aged, the wine has a bright, clear, ruby colour; the Riserva acquires more complex organoleptic characteristics: bouquet reminiscent of the scent of tobacco, cooked cherries and plum marmalade. It is a complex wine, dry and harmonic, tannic, less marked with aging, relatively easy to match in almost divine union with meat, game, salted pork products and cold cuts. Its composition is: Sangiovese (75%), Canaiolo nero (up to 10%) and a maximum of 25% of other grapes if allowed and authorised by the appellation regulation.
Typical local products
Suino cinto senese (Cinta senese pork, in the process of gaining official recognition)
Olio extravergine di oliva Colline di Firenze (extra virgin olive oil “Colline di Firenze” in the process of gaining official recognition)
Olio extravergine di oliva toscano (Tuscan extra virgin olive oil, IGP)
Prosciutto toscano (Tuscan ham, DOP)
Pecorino toscano (Tuscan pecorino cheese, DOP)
Denomination Chianti Montespertoli
Chianti Montespertoli DOCG is ruby-red in color, tending to grenadine with ageing, on the nose it gives off the fragrance of wild berries and violets. It is well structured and the body is velvety and elegant. It is made with a “governo all`uso toscano”, the use of last year`s grapes to start fermentation, which gives the wine greater freshness, liveliness and roundness in drinking. The producers are involved in a large-scale project to replace the old vines with other traditional kinds, selected and cloned, so as to achieved an even higher qualitative level. On June 1st,1998, after recognition from the Ministry for Agriculture the first bottle of the Chianti Montespertoli sub-zone was uncorked. Chianti Montespertoli is produced with the varieties Sangiovese (from 70 to 100%) and an addition (less than 10%) of Canaiolo, Trebbiano, Malvasia as well as small percentages of other grapes (after authorisation).