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1 septembre 2022
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2022 vintage: the power of nature!

It is amazing how nature reacts to climate challenges. We look at the younger vineyards, which have greatly experienced water stress first and then the effects of a major hailstorm: we see an extraordinary phenomenon of revegetation, as if it were spring… It is the vine's physiological response to the powerful hailstorm. Having regained the nourishment, the water, the energies that being lacking had induced the growth stoppage, they now rebloom. By absurdity, if there were summer weather conditions during the fall,

26 juillet 2022
in Senza categoria @fr

2022 vintage : the situation at the end of July

After about a month, we ask again our agronomist  about the condition of our vineyards. How are the vines reacting to the abnormal temperatures(very high) and drought at this time? Francesco Caselli says: “The situation differs from vineyard to vineyard, depending on the age of the vineyards, exposure, and soil” We can learn so much from his description of the diverse conditions in the vineyards and the reasons behind them. “Some of the youngest vineyards(5/6 years old) show clear signs of water stress.

16 juin 2022
in Senza categoria @fr

2022 VINTAGE : mid June expectations

We interviewed our agronomist, asking him how such an early summer season might affect the growth of  grapes in our vineyards. His words : "As of today, mid-June, conditions in our vineyards can be described as normal; no events affecting quality or quantity. We could place this vintage, today, side by side with the conditions recorded at the same date in 2015.  The warm weather speeds up the phenological stages; grape fruit set has already occurred. Plants grow vigorously, especially the

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5 août 2021
in Senza categoria @fr

VINTAGE 2021: CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

What can we expect by 2021 vintage in Chianti Classico(today)? The spring rains allowed for a good vegetative development and provided sufficient water reserves. The only phenomenon was the slight discrepancy in the growth times of the shoots in spring, due to lower average temperatures, which temporarily stopped the vegetative development in some areas. The frost in April also caused a reduction in quantities - thus expectations are below historical averages - and the current heat and drought also suggest rather

15 juillet 2021
in Senza categoria @fr

Climate change: the wine consumer mindfulness

Wine mindfulness : climate is changing, the way grapes are grown change, the wine change. The climate changes we are now facing are not really unwonted as we might think in the history of wine-growing. At the matter of facts wine-growers always had to deal with adaptation to the climate. Today to front a warmer climate, we choose to plant vines further apart, use rootstocks that are more resistant to drought, make sure that leaves increasingly protect grape bunches from sunlight. Also the selection

21 avril 2021
in Senza categoria @fr

SANGIOVESE: SAPLING VINE TRAINING SYSTEM?

We have always preferred the single spurred cordon training system in our sangiovese grapes vineyards. However, we never ignore the different technical experimentation, both in the vineyard and in the cellar. Thus a new sapling plant Sangiovese was born in 2017 -  a still very young vineyard that we are following very carefully. Today we share the beauty of these young vines that proudly grow like saplings, confronting perplexed with their sisters in the surrounding vineyards which are growing

Le Selezioni Castello di Gabbiano:Moveo
6 janvier 2021
in Senza categoria @fr

A new entry by Le Selezioni di Castello di Gabbiano: Mŏvĕo

The new year brings a new label by Le Selezioni di Castello di Gabbiano: Mŏvĕo  (it was announced!) A rosé wine, which contains all the meanings of its name. Mŏvĕo [Latin] = move, set in motion - shake - change, transform - undertake, begin - move, soften - impress - distract, change one's opinion - provoke, produce, arouse - dance. A new way of understanding Sangiovese - produced according to the ancestral method -  sparkling! To toast the goals that we will reach in

18 octobre 2020
in Senza categoria @fr

2020 Harvest: the winemaker’s words

(…read here previous episodes)  It is always the very last weeks of the grapes ripening season to determine the final quality of the vintage. The 2020 vintage was not easy from a qualitative point of view although the conditions were excellent up to 3 weeks before harvest.  With the late September and early October rains, everything got complicated. Having a large extension of vineyards, every year we find different expressions in our SANGIOVESE vineyards: this year more than ever the location

Castello di Gabbiano
8 octobre 2020
in Senza categoria @fr

2020 Harvest: updating from the vineyards

(…read here previous episodes)  Harvest is still on: we harvested about 5,000 quintals of grapes over 100 hectares - low yields (less than 45 quintals/hectare) our FORECAST is confirmed. There are approximately 50 hectares of Sangiovese, Cabernet and Petit Verdot still to pick. We started to harvest the best Sangiovese grapes for our  Riserva Chianti Classico:  great SATISFACTION, the Sangiovese grapes are still healthy and beautiful, despite the repeated rains. The CONCERN is fairly represented by the water-soaked soil, in some vineyards we

8 septembre 2020
in Senza categoria @fr

Approching 2020 harvest

Approching harvest is a highlight of the year in a winery. A path that comes to an end. The climate, the choices that were made and the work of the whole season will be summed up in each bunch of grapes that we will pick. The grapes that we will bring to the cellar will be this year’s first report card. It was a favorable season by a climatic point of view - both in terms of rainfall, abundant in autumn and early spring,

21 février 2018
in News

What a Sangiovese!

What a beauty this Sangiovese (what a sangiovese this ‘Bellezza’)! This elegant and captivating wine fully expresses the sangiovese grape rich potential:  it’s complex and powerful, vibrant and round, muscular and graceful, fresh and soft. The Sangiovese is like a female, only when she finds the ideal balance in her life she can express her full potentialities and reveal all her power and delicacy, charm and sensuality. Bellezza grapes grow in the ideal habitat, they are transformed according to the most natural process,

5 octobre 2017
in News

Harvest in progress

In spite of the difficult vintage (a late spring frost, hot and dry summer…) some excellence is coming to the cellar! We are picking up the second choice (first quality) Sangiovese grapes,  it will then be the turn of Cabernet Sauvignon to  complete the harvest. In the oldest vineyards the Sangiovese - so delicate, sensitive, capricious but resolute - has unsheathed its defenses and has brilliantly recovered even under stress. It will tell us about this vintage too. What an extraordinary grape! The fermentations take

Colorino - Le Selezioni di Castello di Gabbiano
15 mars 2017
in News

COLORINO

Elle est née la première étiquette du nouveau projet du château:  Colorino.  Le project comporte une sélection de vins mono-cépages produits avec des raisins de la propriété. Le projet comprendra uniquement les variétés qui ne jouent pas déjà un rôle majeur dans la production de vins de premier plan du château. Les petites productions et seulement dans les années où le raisin est exprimée au mieux. Le Colorino est une ancienne variété de raisin, qui a toujours joué un rôle d'accompagnement

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28 novembre 2016
in News

The Chianti Classico

Condividiamo un articolo ben fatto sul Chianti Classico: l’autrice è Jane Lopes. Abbiamo apprezzato la conoscenza, la comprensione, la lucidità e la capacità di comunicare la realtà della nostra denominazione!  Eccolo: "Reconsidering Chianti Classico" We share a very well done article about Chianti Classico: the author is Jane Lopes. We appreciated the knowledge, understanding, clarity and the ability to communicate the reality of our name! Read it: "Reconsidering Chianti Classico" #chianticlassico