Colognole. Chianti Rufina 'Collezione' Producer_Girlan

Colognole. Chianti Rufina 'Collezione' Producer_GirlanChianti Rufina DOCG Grapes: Sangiovese There is a warmth and richness to this wine, with spice, sage and truffle lifting the black cherry fruit. Typical fresh fruit, crystalline with a twist of salt. An exceptional, elegant wine. 13. 5% Drink 2024 2029 3000 bottles made Colognole producer page This wine is usually a laboratory label to find the potential of a particular vineyard; the quantity of bottles made is always tiny, so it is rarely seen on

Aftertaste: moderately bitter

floral and savoury flavours

Grape: Verduzzo

A wine to compare with Alsace’s finest dry Muscats

2022 was a hot vintage and this wine stands apart with ripe white peach and orchard fruit

The wine is aged in 2 parts: half in cement tanks and half in oak (used barrique and tonneaux)

the old half was there when Carlo bought the farm in 1992 (some of the vines are over 100 years old)

that hints at tropical fruit

We used to call it ‘Barrique’

melon and apricot aromas

and cover crops encouraged between the vines with the objective of creating a balanced ecosystem

33% silts and 27% clay