areas of the Chianti Classico DOC When we talk about Chianti a bit 'all over the world think of the wine. Not without reason, we would say, given that Chianti is without doubt one of the best known and appreciated red wines Italian, which is also the merit of having been able to keep the prestige of our wine on the main consumer markets abroad. As he wrote
A. Marshals, in fact, "I'm sure more than six centuries it [the Chianti] and 'known and respected in our country, three hundred years later crossed the border into the country, and' known and sought after, first in England, then in almost all states of the world where there are real gourmets. Instead, maybe not everyone knows that Chianti is a historical region that lies between the Arno basin, south of Florence, and the dell'Ombrone, north of Siena.
is an area characterized by rolling hills, rich in vineyards, of oak, holm oak, chestnut and olive groves alternating with areas of barren limestone, and dotted with cypress trees that represent those in an unmistakable way the Tuscan landscape.
The most widespread form of population of the Tuscan countryside is the village. The village is situated on the hill and were very small. The element of social cohesion and the building was the religious and often the titular saint of the church gave its name to the people. From peasant property was then passed to the system poderile. Houses for women who are born landowners erected a home for the holidays and for supervising the sharecropper. After the 200, the typical form of medieval houses Construction of the towers will go horizontal, witnessing the transition to a period of less conflict. A look at the well
Chianti like a huge fresco of the Renaissance. Castles, vineyards, meadows, hills, fields, trees, paths, streams, stones are exactly those that have been immortalized by the great Renaissance who drew and painted in mind that landscape. Leonardo himself puts it this way on the beauty of the place: "And therefore I think a lot of happiness to both men arise where there are good wines."
The charm of this area is precisely in such a perfect harmony between its soft slopes, the nature of many colors, and ancient castles and churches secolari. Tra i castelli più noti basti ricordare quelli di Cintola, Lamole, Montefili, Montefioralle, Panzano, Terrazzano, Uzzano, Vicchiomaggio, Cacchiano, Brolio, Meleto, Tornano, Vertine, Aiola, sorti intorno al Mille e posti per la maggior parte su colline in posizioni militarmente strategiche.
Per quanto riguarda la denominazione “Chianti”, secondo gli storici essa è presente già nel VIII secolo. Secondo alcuni studiosi deriverebbe dal latino clangor “squillo di tromba”, riferito al suono prodotto dallo strumento durante le battute di caccia; per altri il nome potrebbe addirittura derivare dall’etrusco Clante, nome appartenente a certe famiglie etrusche. i Tusci, infatti, localizzarono in the sixth century BC in Etruria (Tuscany), the flowering of the most important events of civilizations and cultures more intense wine. The term
Chianti appears for the first time in documents of the second half of the thirteenth century to denote the modern area of \u200b\u200bthe Chianti Mountains.
There are many legends regarding this land. Among these, what gives rise to the black cock in a single combat medieval, but it is just the historical fact that black cock, symbol of peace reached between the two republics of Tuscany, was from 1300 the military teaches the League of Chianti. However
Chianti is made in connection with the wine in the sixteenth century, when you draw the boundaries of Chianti region.
In September of 1716, was the first legislation to protect the wine and the appellation of origin with a decree of Cosimo III de 'Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, known then as the "Contract", which can be considered the precursor the current system of the Denomination of Origin. In fact, Cosimo wanted to preserve the area as the Chianti region largely coincides with the current DOC region of Chianti.
In 1932 the territory of the Chianti region is an enclosed area between the cities of Florence and Siena for 304 km2 to 414 km2 with the recognition and defense of the production of Chianti Classico. The measure, two secoli di distanza, segue l’iniziativa medicea che aveva racchiuso nel “Barco Reale” cinto da una muraglia di 32 miglia, la produzione del Vino Carmignano.
Nel 1964, con la promulgazione della legge per la tutela dei vini iniziano i riconoscimenti che oggi investono quindici zone a D.O.C. entro cinque provincie (Siena, Firenze, Arezzo, Pistoia, Pisa).
Qui vengono coltivati vari vitigni sia a frutto rosso come il Sangiovese e il Canaiolo nero, che bianco, come il Trebbiano Toscano e la Malvasia del Chianti, cui si aggiungono i vitigni locali: il Colorino e il Prugnolo. A queste varietà si possono aggiungere altre cultivar quali il Prugnolo gentile (Sangiovese grosso) coltivato nel Comune di Montalcino, Ciliegiolo and Montepulciano, the most popular grape in the south east of Tuscany.
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