Chianti Vepri
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| Siro e Clio Cicogni |
The winery is located at Ambra, in the Chianti area of Valdichiana.
Its name come from the quaint village of Vepri that borders one side of the property. This country has ancient pre-Roman roots and a special vocation for wine.
C conducted by Clio Cicogni who in 2010 bought an old vineyard of 15 hectares, abandoned from several years and immediately decided its conversion to organic farming.
The family Cicogni has a tradition in the field of milling wheat for bread (5 generations). Since 1976 developed the sector of cereals and in the past 14 years begun the production of organic feeds, and more recently converted the mill to exclusive organic production. (see website).
From 2011, second year of vintage, it is possible to choose wine aged in oak barrels
I tasted this Chianti just last week, at a nice dinner in company of friends at the country house of a friend, on the slopes of Mount Perone in the island of Elba. I met there Siro Cicogni who had brought some bottles of his wine for this occasion.
At the first sip I found it very pleasant, friendly and round, fragrant and soft enough to my taste. It's a young wine, of course, but with floral aromas, not too strong tannic tones and muffled in a discrete manner by the moderate aging in barriques. A wine that has good attitudes to aging.
Generally I am not really enthusiastic about the wine aging in oak barrels. I think that often this type of treatment is used too much also on wines that do not require it or does not support it with dignity. This is not the case of Chianti Vepri.
A final information that is important to me: the winery ensures that the grapes are grown with respect of ground, of fruits and nature. Even the wine making is very accurate and as much as possible organic. That’s all very good!
Its name come from the quaint village of Vepri that borders one side of the property. This country has ancient pre-Roman roots and a special vocation for wine.
C conducted by Clio Cicogni who in 2010 bought an old vineyard of 15 hectares, abandoned from several years and immediately decided its conversion to organic farming.
The family Cicogni has a tradition in the field of milling wheat for bread (5 generations). Since 1976 developed the sector of cereals and in the past 14 years begun the production of organic feeds, and more recently converted the mill to exclusive organic production. (see website).
From 2011, second year of vintage, it is possible to choose wine aged in oak barrels
I tasted this Chianti just last week, at a nice dinner in company of friends at the country house of a friend, on the slopes of Mount Perone in the island of Elba. I met there Siro Cicogni who had brought some bottles of his wine for this occasion.
At the first sip I found it very pleasant, friendly and round, fragrant and soft enough to my taste. It's a young wine, of course, but with floral aromas, not too strong tannic tones and muffled in a discrete manner by the moderate aging in barriques. A wine that has good attitudes to aging.
Generally I am not really enthusiastic about the wine aging in oak barrels. I think that often this type of treatment is used too much also on wines that do not require it or does not support it with dignity. This is not the case of Chianti Vepri.
A final information that is important to me: the winery ensures that the grapes are grown with respect of ground, of fruits and nature. Even the wine making is very accurate and as much as possible organic. That’s all very good!
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