Chianti Classico 2020

POMONA

Chianti Classico
2020

  • Organic
Product code
875655
Format
12 x 750ml
Listing type
Open
Status
Available
Type of product
Still wine
Country
Italy
Regulated designation
Denominazione di origine controllata e garantita (DOCG)
Region
Tuscany
Appellation
Chianti Classico
Varietal(s)
Sangiovese 100 %
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Cork
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About this winery

Monica Raspi hadn’t planned to be a winemaker. She was a veterinarian and had no training in viticulture or winemaking. But her heart spoke to her. When Monica’s mother announced her retirement from Pomona in 2005, Monica could not accept that the land she was so attached to, where many fond memories of her late father and childhood were created would be sold and no longer part of the family. In 2007, Monica closed her veterinarian clinic, picked up an enology book and started her adventure...

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Production notes

Fermentation with indigenous yeasts and maceration on the skins for 18-24 days at 25°C. Malolactic fermentation in steel. Aging in Slavonian 7-20 hl oak barrels for 8 months, then 3 months in bottle.

Press reviews

Decanter

- 91 points -

2023 (Vintage 2020)

In the far southwest of Chianti Classico, Pomona’s vineyards straddle the sub-areas of Castellina and Vagliagli. Vigna Sant’Ilario falls into the former while Vigna Termine is in the latter. Both east-facing parcels, the two are blended together for this annata bottling. Firm and structured rather than rich, the 2020 is a decidedly savoury wine. It leads with scents of smoke, sage and tobacco, picking up restrained, crisp black currants on the palate. With concentrated acidity and a minerally finish, this will benefit from a few more months in the bottle.

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Vinous

- 90 points -

Antonio Galloni, August 2023 (Vintage 2020)

The 2020 Chianti Classico is a potent, heady wine. A blast of dark cherry fruit, game, incense, licorice, tobacco and menthol brings out the wilder side of Sangiovese. The long, building finish is a thing of beauty. This strapping Chianti Classico is a bit rustic, but it is also very pleasing, in its own way.

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