Chianti Classico, Chardonnay & Rose Wines | Montemaggio Winery

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Chianti Classico, Chardonnay Rose Wines
Montemaggio Winery
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About us
Montemaggio follows the concept of a very high
quality Terroir wine. We have a chance to look
at the quality of wine in every bottle and make
sure that customer gets a very special product.
The wines have been planted with a very high
density per hectare (6250 plants/hectare in some
vineyards). During the harvest, every bunch
undergoes considerable selection in the vineyard
and later again in the vinery. Harvest is carried
out manually, and only when the grapes are
perfectly ripe. Therefore, it could be said that
Fattoria di Montemaggios wines are 100 hand-
made, and they preserve all the quality of the
elements that are a part of the land where they
have been cultivated.
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Other details
Chardonnay di Montemaggio IGT is a white organic
Tuscan wine that was made for the first time in
2010. A white wine, morbid and balanced, with a
straw-like yellow color with reflections of gold.
Its fresh flavor with notes of tropical fruits,
flowers, straw, honey and spices is very
pleasant for the palate.
Before the fermentation, grapes are manually
selected in boxes and screened on the table
usually at the end of August. Furthermore, grapes
is delicately stemmed and softly pressed. The
must obtained is clarified in stainless steel
through decanting at controlled temperatures for
a day. The must, subsequently, ferments at
controlled temperatures in tonneaux or
barrique. When the fermentation is completed, the
Chardonnay di Montemaggio is left with the
yeasts for some days then decanted and put back
in tonneaux until bottling. After about few
months in the wood, the wine is bottled and
released to the market after a little bit of
aging. It is bottled with transparent glass corks
to preserve its authentic taste and prevent the
risk of deterioration. It is a very functional
cork as it can be used for a long time.
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Other details
Rosé di Montemaggio IGT is an organic Tuscan wine
with a vivid rose color, and a fruity bouquet.
It is made from 100 Sangiovese grapes and it
has a full and refreshing taste. It is the result
of the transient encounter with the must of the
Sangiovese grapes skin. The short hours spent
together give to this wine its vivid rose color
and a morbid character with a bit of acidity,
freshness and lightness.
Rosé di Montemaggio is mainly produced with
grapes picked from an early harvest from the
cooler areas of the Sangiovese vineyards, for
the purpose of obtaining good acidity, a lower
alcoholic gradation and therefore obtaining
freshness and lightness in the wine. The skins
are left in contact with the liquid for only one
night until achieving the desired coloration and
the necessary complexity.
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Subsequently, the skins are separated and the
fermentation takes place at low temperatures in
stainless steel vats for few days. The wine is
bottled following about few months of refinement
and released into the market when we think that
is finally ready. The bottle of this rose wine
has a glass pink cork to preserve the quality
and the authentic taste of this wine.
During the last few years Rose wine finally
gained the attention it long deserved and the
consumption of it started to rise. However just
few years back for some reason the general public
believed that Rose was done purely from the
second-hand grapes that somehow were not good
enough for the production of the red wines. This
misconception is not applicable to Rose di
Montemaggio, which is done from 100 Sangiovese
( same as Classico, Riserva and Gran Selezione)
but taken from a different part of the vine lines
and different parts of the estate.
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We try to pick earlier then the full maturation
in order to increase the acidity, and hence
decrease the alcohol. As a result we have a very
fresh wine, with a lot of vivid colour an ideal
summer (or not only..) companion. Make sure to
notice the glass cork too which saves a lot of
wine from the defects of the cork, but still
remains sophisticated and classy method of
bottle closure. You can then recycle it as a jar
for the water or olive oil.
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Contact Us
390577 738323
info_at_montemaggio.com
Località Montemaggio 53017 Radda in Chianti Siena
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