Organic Chianti Classico Querciabella

Chianti Classico Querciabella is a biodynamic blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon that are aged in a different way before being blended together. The grapes are hand-harvested and, before being de-stemmed, they are put in steel tanks for the fermentation at a controlled temperature. Querciabella decided to de-stem the bunches and not to press the grapes in order to keep them intact, avoiding that unwanted substances that are extracted during the maceration. Fermentation with maceration of the Sangiovese lasts for about 12 days while the Cabernet Sauvignon's last for about 20 days. After that the solid and the liquid parts are separated, Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon wines are aged in French oak barriques into first and second passages for 14 months before blending and bottling.