Cantine Bonacchi – Chianti Classico

Wine
The Chianti Classico from Bonacchi is made from 100% Sangiovese grosso. After the wine is vinified in stainless steel tanks, the wine matures in large French oak barrels. The wine has a lively, intense bright red color. The aroma and taste of the wine is wonderfully spicy with notes of wild berry jam and pleasant nuances of vanilla.

Perfect accompaniment to red meat such as fried steak or a risotto with mushrooms and truffle oil.

Winery
Cantina Bonacchi is the winery, from Tuscany, run by great-grandson Andrea Bonacchi. Over the decades, the family has expanded considerably in the region. They started with small plots around the Campiglio winery. In 1965, father Giovanni bought 40 hectares of vineyards in the Chianti Montalbo region.

Since the 1980s, the focus has been on quality wines from vineyards in various renowned villages. The family not only has vineyards in the classic Chianti region, but also in the well-known Brunello and Morellino di Scansano.

In neighbouring Umbria, there are even vineyards where the white Orvieto comes from.

Area
Tuscany is known for its beautiful hills with magnificent, stately cypress trees and its many vineyards and olive groves. In this region, once largely covered with neglected peach orchards, strawberry fields and a refuge for wolves and wild bears, the conditions for wine growing are fantastic, but this was only officially recognized in the 1990s when the region was given its own DOC Bolgheri.

With a Mediterranean climate of warm summers and mild winters, grape varieties such as Sangiovese, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon thrive. The characteristic soils range from limestone and clay to sand and marl, giving the wines their distinctive flavor and complexity. Sangiovese, the region’s main grape, produces Tuscany’s famous Chianti and Brunello di Montalcino . Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon add depth to blends such as the famed Supertuscans . Together, climate and soil are the essence of Tuscany’s winemaking tradition.