Chianti Classico
Subtitle: the search for Tuscany's noblest wine
By: Bill Nesto, MW, and Frances Di Savino
Contributors: Di Savino, Frances, 1960- author
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9780520284425
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Chianti wine; History
Description: "Wine and winemaking This book tells the story of the ancient land named Chianti and the modern wine appellation known as Chianti Classico. In 1716, Tuscany's penultimate Medici ruler, Cosimo III, anointed the region of Chianti, along with three smaller areas in the Florentine State, as the world's first legal appellations of origin for wine. In the succeeding centuries, this milestone was all but forgotten. By the late nineteenth century, the name Chianti, rather than signifying this historic region and its celebrated wine, identified a simple Italian red table wine in a straw-covered flask. In the twenty-first century, Chianti Classico emerged as one of Italy's most dynamic and fashionable wine zones. Chianti Classico relates the fascinating evolution of Chianti as a wine region and reveals its geographic and cultural complexity. Bill Nesto, MW, and Frances Di Savino explore the townships of Chianti Classico and introduce readers to the modern-day winegrowers who are helping to transform the region. The secrets of Sangiovese, the principal vine variety of Chianti, are also revealed as the book unlocks the myths and mysteries of one of Italy's most storied wine regions. The publication of Chianti Classico coincides with the three hundredth anniversary of the Medici decree delimiting the region of Chianti on September 24, 1716"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-311) and index.
Table of contents: title: The original Chianti; title: The evolution of Chianti through Bettino Ricasoli : the 1600s to the 1870s; title: The birth of Chianti Classico and external Chianti : the 1870s to 1945; title: Chianti Classico enters the global market : 1945 to the present; title: Chianti's hidden roads; title: The geography of Chianti Classico; title: The secret of Sangiovese; title: Viticulture in Chianti; title: Enology in Chianti; title: Chianti Classico winegrowers by subzone; title: The Medici Code.