Wine Bibbiano, "Vigna del Capannino" Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG, 2014
Tasting Notes
The wine is a deep ruby-red color.
The wine has a powerful, generous taste, combining colors and elegant tannins finesse fruit notes. Velvety texture adorns the sound palette of taste, which is developing dynamically in the rich, long aftertaste with mineral accents.
The aroma of wine - intense, complex, with subtle touches of ripe red fruits and spices. The nuances in the bouquet of cherries combined with hints of tobacco, cocoa, black pepper and balsamic vinegar.
The wine is perfect as an accompaniment to red meat, game, grilled meat, pate and aged cheeses.
Interesting Facts
Wine "Vigna del Capannino" Gran Selezione created from selected Sangiovese Grosso, grown on limestone and clay-rich soils of the fertile vineyard Kapanina. Plot with south-western disposition covers an area of 7 hectares and is considered one of the best in the Chianti Classico region, for what it called a "genius loci" (translated from the Italian - "the genius of the area"). Yields are in the first half of October manually performed during vinification maceration followed by alcoholic fermentation for 25 days. Matured wine is 24 months in oak barrels, some of them - from the French oak. After holding bottled wine after bottling and further incubated for another 6 months.
Noble, refined character, "Vina del Kapannino" Grand Seletsione revealed in his powerful, velvety taste and rich fragrant bouquet. This exquisite wine is best served with meat on the grill, game and aged cheeses. Ideal as a decoration solemn feast or a romantic dinner.
Producer's description
Bibbiano - Italian winery, located in the famous Chianti area municipality Castellina in Chianti in Tuscany. For the third century family owns Marci, successfully developing the company and continuing the tradition of their ancestors. And the first mention of the manor Bibbiano relate to 1089, when the territory of the castle Bibbiano, church and vineyards was transferred lord Giovanni di Benz. Since Bibbiano changed a lot of owners, among whom were wealthy nobles, Florentine hospital, landlords and princes. And only in 1865 the brothers Casimiro and Pietro Marzi, the ancestors of the current owners, bought the estate Bibbiano. The plans of the brothers and their heir - his son Pietro, Antonio, was to expand the territory and build a new manor house, and they successfully implement them, until everything changed the Second World War. Since the summer of 1944, the estate was located a military unit, which has a negative impact on the economy, inflicting damage. Only in 1950, Pier Tommaso Marzi and his son-in Alfredo Marrokezi and famous enologist Giulio Gambelli started the complete reconstruction of Bibbiano, which involves the construction of a new cellar, the modernization of equipment at the winery, as well as the planting of 20 hectares of vineyards and 10 hectares of olive trees. Today, now run by brothers Tommaso and Federico Marrokkezi Marci, representing the fifth generation of winery owners. For the creation of wine in the economy Bibbiano responsible agronomist and oenologist Stefano Porchinai. Most of the vineyards given over to the cultivation of Sangiovese Grosso and Sangiovese and Merlot and Colorino. His purpose, the company sees the creation of high quality wines that would be able to celebrate Bibbiano - terrain that gives life to an elegant, balanced wines. In addition to wine-making company has been producing olive oil and offers agritourism.
