Vin Santo del Chianti

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Geology articulated into four systems in decreasing age order: Mio-Eocene pre-Apennine ridges, Pliocene hills, Pleistocene Valdarno Superiore, and alluvial deposits.
• Climate classified as 'inner Toscana hill type', ranging from humid to sub-humid with summer water deficit; mean annual rainfall of 867 mm.
• The warmest month is August (mean temperatures above 23 °C) and the coldest is January (mean temperatures around 5 °C).
• The production zone extends across six Tuscan provinces: Arezzo, Firenze, Pistoia, Pisa, Prato, and Siena.

• Viticulture in the area dates back to the Etruscans; fossil vines of even greater antiquity confirm the territory's deep, millennia-long viticultural roots.
• The DOC established in 1997 resolved a widespread situation of non-compliance related to the high alcoholic strength of traditional vinsanti. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• Velvety flavour expressed across four sweetness registers: dry, off-dry, medium-sweet, and sweet; the Occhio di Pernice style is exclusively medium-sweet or sweet. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• Four distinct geological systems—Mio-Eocene ridges, Pliocene hills, Pleistocene Valdarno deposits, and alluvial plains—define the soil diversity of the zone.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A1513
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Vino Chianti