Ruffino Riserva Ducale Chianti Classico

This complex and deep red wine is characterized by sweet cherry and red berry fruit notes with delicately spiced hints of tobacco, leather, cedar, white pepper, and a touch of flint. It's well balanced on the palate, with velvety tannins, firm acidity, and a lingering finish of rosemary and figs. Its structure will allow it to age for many years.

WINEMAKER'S NOTES

We start with a careful selection of the best grapes from the traditional Chianti Classico production region in Tuscany, including fruit from our own Santedame, Gretole, and Montemasso estates. The blend is 80% Sangiovese—the most predominant and most famous red grape variety of Chianti along with 20% Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine undergoes secondary malolactic fermentation to enhance its velvety texture, then ages for 24 months in oak, stainless steel, and concrete vats. Riserva Ducale spends an additional three months in bottle before release.