Country
Italy
Winemaker
Cosimo Casini
Region
Tuscany
Viticulture
Sustainable, organic conversion
Sub-region
Chianti Classico
Website
Located in Panzano in Chianti, Tenuta Casenuove covers 105 hectares spread over a succession of hills and valleys.
There are 28 hectares under vine (in organic conversion), the rest of the estate largely laid to forest and olive groves.
Planted high above the Pesa river at altitudes of 370 to 490 metres, in soils rich in the famed local galestro, it is here that winery director Alessandro Fonseca, cellar master Maria Sole Zoli and young winemaker Cosimo Casini are crafting some of the most exciting new wines in Chianti Classico.
Alessandro Fonseca
Wines
Chianti Classico
RED
2018
REGION
Tuscany
GRAPE VARIETIES
90% Sangiovese, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot
APPELLATION
Chianti Classico DOCG
FERMENTATION
Fermentation in raw concrete tanks. Maceration for a month with pump-overs and racking.
VITICULTURE
Organic practices
AGEING
Aged for 12 months in large Slavonian oak casks and concrete tanks, then 18 months in bottle.
