Coltassala 2016
Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG
Castello di Volpaia
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Year: 2016
The vintage began with a hot and then very rainy spring until mid-June, followed by a hot and dry summer with high water stress on the vines. A heavy rain in mid-September, followed by a lowering of the temperature, allowed the grapes to ripen perfectly.
Tasting
color:intense ruby red.
perfume:elegant and intense with notes of vanilla, cocoa and fruit in alcohol.
taste:wine of great structure destined to a long aging
Awards
suckling
96 points
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Vinum
18.5
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Wine Spectator
95 points
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Falstaff
95 points
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wine Advocate
94 points
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g. essenziale VINI d’Italia
94 points
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Wine & Spirits
93 points
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Veronelli
93 points
Vinous Galloni
93 points
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luca Maroni
93 points
Wein-Plus.eu
92 point
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Decanter
90 points
wine enthusiast
91 points
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Coltassala, is the name of Volpaia’s oldest vineyard, populated with superior clones of ancient Sangiovese vines.
Orientation of the vineyard
Orientation: Southwest-Southeast
Altitude
Altitude: 1,598-1,755 FASL
Size of the vines
Area: 5.83 ac
Density: 2,306 vines/ac
Density: 2,306 vines/ac
Vines and occupied area
100% Sangiovese
Type of attachment of the vine
Vineyard's attaching: Guyot
Soil type by vine
Ground: Sandstone
History of wine
Coltassala, the archetype of the contemporary Chianti Classico.
Despite its original classification as Vino da Tavola, Coltassala was immediately recognized by the international press as a Super Tuscan.
The defining features of Coltassala went on to set the standard for a revised specification of Chianti Classico. Coltassala has surpassed the categorization it helped define and is now proudly classified as a DOCG Chianti Classico Gran Selezione
