Gabbiano Chianti
| Vintage: | 2018 |
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| Description: | Winemaker Notes\r\nWinemaking techniques for this wine are meant to preserve the wine\u2019s bright lively, fruit and freshness. This wine is intended to be drunk young and fresh \u2013 within the first two years.\r\nAt the nose a balanced bouquet of wild red berries and floral violet notes. \u00a0This Chianti has a blend of dryness and great freshness, with soft tannins and a medium body. The lingering finish of berries on the palate is pleasant and smooth.\u00a0 \r\nBlend 90% Sangiovese 10% red berry native vines \r\nAbout Castello Gabbiano\r\nIn the land survey presented by Tommaso Soderini in 1464 to the \u2018Offi cials\u2019 of the Land\r\nRegistry of the Republic of Florence, it was noted that wine and oil were the most highly\r\nprized produce of the estate.\r\nThe construction of the cellars, whose vaulted structure demonstrates their use for wine\r\nproduction, was begun in 1124. In that epoch, the castle belonged to one of the most\r\nimportant banking families of Florence, the Bardi, who, in the second half of the thirteenth\r\ncentury, began the extension of the fortress by building perimeter walls and battlements\r\nin the typical Guelph style of the era.\r\nThe castle remained in the possession of the Bardi until the early part of the 15th century,\r\nwhen it passed to the Soderini family, one of the most politically infl uential families in\r\nFlorence. It was the Soderini who were responsible for the conversion of the turreted\r\nmanor house of Gabbiano in Fattoria, already completed by the late 15th century,\r\naccording to the description in the \u201cland survey\u201d presented in 1480 by the father of Pier\r\nSoderini, Tommaso, to the Land Registry \u201cOffi cials\u201d of the Land Registry of the Republic\r\nof Florence.\r\nIn the course of the century, new buildings were added on several occasions, as can be\r\ndeduced from the stonework, which reveals various phases of development, until it was\r\nconverted into a large quadrilateral building, which also formed a kind of private fortalice,\r\nbeing furnished with four cylindrical turrets reinforcing the corners.\r\nIt was while in the possession of the Soderini that the Castle was converted into a\r\nstructure more like the present one, with the construction in 1505 of round towers at the\r\nfour corners of the castle, displaying French architectural infl uence. When the Soderini\u2019s\r\nstruggle against the Medici led to them being declared rebels in the 16th century and\r\nbanned from Florence, the Castle was abandoned for a long time. Only in the 17th century,\r\nwhen the Soderini were able to return to their homeland, was the Castle given new life,\r\nas the inscription on a sandstone plaque over the entrance door informs us.\r\nUnder the two coats of arms of the Sorderini, the following is inscribed: \u201cFRANC.\r\nSODERINUS Senat.gasp.f.ruris Huius In Famiglia Restitutor Sub.a MDCLII\u201d\r\nAbove the coats of arms lies the motto that was dictated by Pier Soderini on the occasion\r\nof his election as gonfalonier, or standard bearer, which reads \u201cIUS Ut Palma FLO\u201d\r\n(\u201cIustus ut palma fl orebit\u201d).\r\nFrom the 19th century onwards, the families who owned the property carried out various\r\nrestoration works, fully respecting the features of the architectural complex of the Castle.\r\nIn the complex of buildings annexed to the castle, there is the neo-classical style private\r\nchapel which was built in the 19th century under the ownership of the Del Turco family,\r\naccording to an inscription inside the little church dating from the restoration works in\r\n1957 by the Lemmi. |
| Price: | $ 8.99 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from BASSER’S Fine Wine
| Address: |
6240 Coral Ridge Drive Coral Springs, FL 33076 United States |
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| Telephone (regular): | 954-840-3122 |
First added to 1000 Corks on October 23, 2020.
