1977 | Montevertine | Chianti Classico 5L

Introduction

Red Wine: 1977 | Montevertine | Chianti Classico 5L

An early vintage from the Montevertine estate, which was purchased by iron and steel industrialist Sergio Manetti in 1967. Produced from 1971 to 1981 as Chianti Classico Montevertine and from 1982, when the estate left the Chianti Classico Consortium, simply as Montevertine.

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Producer: Montevertine

Vintage: 1977

Size: 5L

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Chianti Blend

Country/Region: Italy, Tuscany

An early vintage from the Montevertine estate, which was purchased by iron and steel industrialist Sergio Manetti in 1967. Produced from 1971 to 1981 as Chianti Classico Montevertine and from 1982, when the estate left the Chianti Classico Consortium, simply as Montevertine. A blend of carefully selected Sangiovese, Canaiolo and Colorino grapes, aged for two years in Slavonian and Allier oak barrels.

Producer Information

Montevertine is a wine producer in Tuscany. It traces its beginnings to back to 1967, when Sergio Manetti bought a vacation home in Chianti and planted two hectares (five acres) of vines with the intention of making some wine for friends and family. The first vintage in 1971 was such a success that Manetti took a few bottles to the Vinitaly wine show in Venice where the wine garnered such a positive reaction that Manetti made winemaking his new career.Montevertine is now known as a cult producer of high-quality, Sangiovese-dominant red wines from Tuscany.Montervertine was established within the boundaries of what became Chianti Classico and, initially, Manetti used the Chianti Classico designation for his wines. However, he soon became frustrated at the manditory inclusion of at least 10 percent of the white grape Trebbiano in the blend, and left the Chianti Classico Consortium in 1981.