Our tasting Note: Deep ruby core, red edges are lighter but not brick colored. The nose here shows the warmer vintage, the fruits are pronounced and waft easily from the glass, darker, with currants, dark red cherry, and black raspberries, sweet balsamic, violet, and cedar notes adding further complexity, with touch of savory garden herbs in the background. The palate is med+ to full in body, ripe and fine tannins buttress a sauve and velvety palate. The flavor intensity is pronounced with a long, cascading finish. 14% abv

"Vigna Flavia" is produced from 5 clones of Sangiovese, as noted the above Chiari is 28 clones! The finished wine is aged in large neutral oak botti barrels, so the terroir and purity of the fruit take center stage. 54+ months in barrel and 12-24 months in bottle depending on how the wine is drinking.

Vineyard: 100% Sangiovese 5 selected clones, 2 hectares, North/East Exposure. Hilly area at approx. 300 meters above sea level.

Soil: Alluvial soil with pilocene sand

Climate: Continental, but moderated by the presence of the lakes of Chiusi, Trasimeno and Montepulciano with cold winters and normally mild summers characterized by strong temperature variations between day and night.

Density: 10,000 plants per hectare, with a yield of 35-40 ha

Harvest: Manual with selection of bunches

Fermentation: Stainless steel, spontaneous with yeasts naturally present on the grapes

Maceration: at least 40 days of which 25 with submerged cap

Maturation: 4.5 years (54 months) in 20/30 hl large, neutral, Slovenian oak barrels. Subsequent refinement in the bottle for 24 months

ABV: 14%