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Chianti and DOCG
The Chianti region covers a vast area of Tuscany and includes within its boundaries several overlapping Denominazione di origine controllata ( DOC ) and Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita ( DOCG ) regions.
Today, most Chianti falls under two major designations of Chianti DOCG, which includes basic level Chianti, as well as that from seven designated sub-zones, and Chianti Classico DOCG.
Since the mid 1980s, the Chianti Classico zone has had its own DOCG recognized area separate from the greater Chianti region.
Any Sangiovese-based wine made according to the Chianti guidelines from these vineyards can be labelled and marked under the basic Chianti DOCG should the producer wish to use the designation.
Within the Chianti DOCG there are eight defined sub-zones that are permitted to affix their name to the wine label.
The sub-zones are ( clockwise from the north ): the Colli Fiorentini which is located south of the city of Florence ; Chianti Rufina in the northeastern part of the zone located around the commune of Rufina ; Classico in the centre of Chianti, across the provinces of Florence and Siena ; Colli Aretini in the Arezzo province to the east ; Colli Senesi south of Chianti Classico in the Siena hills, which is the largest of the sub-zones and includes the Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano areas ; Colline Pisane, the westernmost sub-zone in the province of Pisa ; Montespertoli located within the Colli Fiorentini around the commune of Montespertoli ; Montalbano in the north-west part of the zone which includes the Carmignano DOCG.
A bottle of basic DOCG Chianti Riserva that does not specify a sub-zone on the label.
The aging for basic Chianti DOCG is much less stringent with most varieties allowed to be released to the market on 1 March following the vintage year.
DOCG seal on a bottle of Chianti Classico Riserva 1995.
DOCG seal on a 0. 75 l bottle of Chianti Classico Riserva 1995.
It is the most arid Tuscan DOCG, receiving an average annual rainfall of around 700 mm, in contrast to the Chianti region which receives an average of 900 mm.

Chianti and covers
The Chianti Classico region covers an area of approximate 100 square miles ( 259 square kilometers ) between the city of Florence to the north and Siena to the south.

Chianti and all
Subsequent expansions throughout the twentieth century would eventually bring the Chianti zone to cover almost all of Tuscany.

Chianti and wine
Chianti ( pronounced ) is a red Italian wine produced in Tuscany.
fiaschi ); however, the fiasco is only used by a few makers of the wine now ; most Chianti is now bottled in more standard shaped wine bottles.
For a wine to retain the name of Chianti, it must be produced with at least 80 % Sangiovese grapes.
A Chianti may have a picture of a black rooster ( known in Italian as a gallo nero ) on the neck of the bottle, which indicates that the producer of the wine is a member of the Gallo Nero Consortium, an association of producers of the Classico sub-area sharing marketing costs.
The earliest documentation of a " Chianti wine " dates back to the thirteenth century when viticulture was known to flourish in the " Chianti Mountains " around Florence.
The merchants in the nearby townships of Castellina, Gaiole and Radda formed the Lega del Chianti ( League of Chianti ) to produce and promote the local wine.
In 1398, records note that the earliest incarnation of Chianti was as a white wine.
By the eighteenth century, Chianti was widely recognized as a red wine, but the exact composition and grape varieties used to make Chianti at this point is unknown.
It was not until the work of the Italian statesman Bettino Ricasoli that the modern " Chianti recipe " as a Sangiovese-based wine would take shape.
Chianti wine area within Tuscany
* Greve in Chianti, a town in Tuscany, Italy, at the center of the Chianti wine region
Established in 1756, the port wine producing Douro region is the third oldest protected wine region in the world after the Tokaj-Hegyalja region in Hungary, established in 1730, and Chianti, in 1716.
Historically, the world's first exclusive ( protected ) vineyard zone was introduced in Chianti, Italy in 1716 and the first wine classification system in Tokaj-Hegyalja, Hungary, in 1730.
The world's third-oldest appellation control, after Chianti and Tokaj was introduced in Portugal in 1756, pertaining to port wine, which was produced in the region of the Douro valley.

Chianti and includes
Wines labeled Chianti Classico come from the biggest sub-area of Chianti, that sub-area that includes the old Chianti area.

Chianti and large
Driven by the marketing efforts of large producers like Bolla, Soave even surpassed Chianti in the 1970s as the largest-selling Italian DOC wine in the US.

Chianti and stretch
In 1716 Cosimo III de ' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany issued an edict legislating that the three villages of the Lega del Chianti ( Castellina in Chianti, Gaiole in Chianti, and Radda in Chianti ) as well as the village of Greve and a 2-mile ( 3-km ) stretch of hillside north of Greve near Spedaluzzo as the only officially recognized producers of Chianti.

Chianti and land
Compared to the nearly of planted land in Chianti, Montalcino is a relatively small wine region with around planted.

Chianti and province
It described the area near the villages of Gaiole, Castellina and Radda ; the so-called Lega del Chianti and later Provincia del Chianti ( Chianti province ).
The four communes of Castellina in Chianti, Gaiole in Chianti, Greve in Chianti and Radda in Chianti are located entirely within the boundaries of the Classico region with parts of Barberino Val d ' Elsa, San Casciano in Val di Pesa and Tavarnelle Val di Pesa in the province of Florence as well as Castelnuovo Berardenga and Poggibonsi in the province of Siena included within the permitted boundaries of Chianti Classico.

Chianti and near
In 1716 Cosimo III de ' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany issued an edict legislating that the three villages of the Lega del Chianti as well as the village of Greve and a 2 mile ( 3 km ) hillside north of Greve near Spedaluzza as the only officially recognized producers of Chianti.
The Ombrone's source is located near Castelnuovo Berardenga, on the south-eastern side of the Monti del Chianti.

Chianti and Sea
Peter Haining's most recent project was a series of World War Two stories based on extensive research and personal interviews: The Jail That Went To Sea ( 2003 ), The Mystery of Rommel's Gold ( 2004 ), Where The Eagle Landed ( 2004 ), The Chianti Raiders ( 2005 ) and The Banzai Hunters ( 2007 ).

Chianti and hills
Located in the hills between the Chianti Classico area and Arno valley, the wines of the Colli Fiorentini vary widely depending on producer, but tend to have a simple structure with strong character and fruit notes.

Chianti and Florence
The city or comune of Florence is the capital both of the Province and the Region of Tuscany ; particular places of beauty or interest in the province include Barberino Val d ' Elsa, Fiesole, Greve in Chianti and Tavarnelle Val di Pesa.
Originating in the Val di Pesa in the Chianti, they appear holding important posts in Florence in the twelfth century.
* Fiorentino, the main dialect of Florence, Chianti and Mugello, also spoken in Prato and along the river Arno as far as the city of Fucecchio.
The tower of the fortified Villa Peruzzi in the commune of Antella south of Florence controls the main road into the Chianti district.

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