Chianti Classico

Denomination: DOCG
Grape base: Standard and Riserva: Sangiovese 80–100%
Region: Tuscany

Maturation requirements

Aging is counted from January 1 of the year after the harvest.

Riserva

Minimum: At least 24 months, including 3 in bottle

Gran Selezione

Minimum: At least 30 months, including 3 in bottle

Sangiovese between Florence and Siena

Chianti Classico’s identity is rooted in a defined Tuscan hill landscape.

Sangiovese leads Chianti Classico’s grape base. The landscape lies between Florence and Siena, with hills whose soils include galestro, alberese and fine calcareous sandstone. Greve, Radda, Gaiole and Castellina are useful names to learn as you explore the region’s bottles and villages. Together they give the wine’s local geography a more tangible shape.

The defined Chianti Classico hills

The zone includes all of Greve in Chianti, Radda in Chianti, Gaiole in Chianti and Castellina in Chianti, together with delimited portions of neighboring municipalities in the Florence and Siena areas.

Tuscany

Cheeses to serve with it

Cook with it

Wild boar stew

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Sources and citations (4)

Ministero dell'agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foresteChianti Classico DOP (DOCG), disciplinare di produzione consolidatoTitle and consolidated specificationRead source
Ministero dell'agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foresteChianti Classico DOCG, publication of ordinary specification amendmentArticle 1, denomination and winesRead source
European Commission, eAmbrosiaChianti Classico wine PDOWine GI EUGI00000003623 / PDO-IT-A1235Read source
European UnionChianti Classico specification amendmentApproved current specificationRead source