Chianti Classico Reserva La Selvanella is Fattorie Melini's top wine and is a benchmark for Italian wine. With its 1969 debut vintage Tre Bicchieri veteran, La Selvanella was the first wine made from a single vineyard in Chianti and among the first in Italy. Gambero Rosso has declared La Selvanella a crowning glory and standard-bearer of the zone's most traditional style.
Melini's Chianti La Selvanella is obtained from just one vineyard of approximately 46 hectares, 100% Sangiovese. It is managed to a rigorously modern approach, standing at 500 meters above sea level. The wine is matured in large 50 hectolitre barrels to give a Chianti Classico of enormous character that is concentrated without being heavy or jammy.--Winemakers Note
The 06 Chianti Classico Riserva La Selvanella is its usual territorial self. The vines of Radda have produced a wine with a lively nose and elegant ripe plums, liquorice and cinchona. Its vivacious character foregrounds incisive tannins framed in good breadth and progression. We gave La Selvanella three glasses for its huge personality and concentration.--Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri
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