Chianti Classico Altola Montefioralle 2021

JURIJ FIORE & FIGLIA

Chianti Classico Altola Montefioralle
2021

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Country
Italy
Regulated designation
Denominazione di origine controllata e garantita (DOCG)
Region
Tuscany
Appellation
Chianti Classico
Varietal(s)
Sangiovese
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Producer's website

About this winery

Jurij Fiore is best known for the wines he has made alongside his father, Vittore, for years at the family’s Poggio Scalette property in the Greve village of Chianti Classico. Several years ago, Jurij started restoring old vineyards in Lamole, one of the newly appointed UGA’s (Unità Geografiche Aggiuntive, or Additional Geographical Units) in Chianti Classico. Lamole is 9km south of Greve and over 1100 ft higher in elevation. Jurij is working with his daughter, Sara to produce an extremely...

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Production notes

100% Sangiovese from a 50 year year old vineyard in the UGA of Montefiolalle. The mostly clay hillside vineyards are 450 metres above sea level and face west and south-west. The hand-picked grapes alcoholic fermentation is in stainless steel tanks with malolactic fermentation in 228 ltr pièce (Burgundy barrels). The wine is then aged for 18 months in a mix of new and one year old 228 ltr pièce and stainless-steel tank before bottling.

Press reviews

Decanter

- 94 points -

Michaela Morris, February 2024 (Vintage 2021)

The inaugural release, Altolà is the only one of Jurij Fiore’s Chianti Classico wines not from the Lamole township. Instead, the vineyard is found across the Greve Valley, on Montefioralle’s upper clay slopes at 450 metres. Toasty, macerated red cherry is complemented by hints of clove. The sweet spice-infused palate is round, full and lush. Yet underneath a sumptuousness of fruit, this is mineral edged, with zippy acidity, while pliant tannins grip on the finish. This textural and flavourful red should show some of its more subtle nuances with time.

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