Casaloste Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG Rignana which is run with great

which is run with great dedication by its owners Valeria and Luca Orsini

there is the "Primamateria" - the Supertuscan

this means something like "hill in the sun"

The three grapes for the Trittico are harvested at the end of September

The wine then ferments for 21 days in steel tanks

Casaloste Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG Rignana which is run with greatCasaloste Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG 100 percent Sangiovese from two top vineyards The Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Casaloste has only been available since the 2011 vintage. This very special wine was actually born out of a "heated" situation. 2011 was a particularly hot summer and it was not possible to use the grapes from the very sunny Gran Selezione vineyard, as the alcohol levels would simply have been too high. But Giovanni d'Orsi