Italie Castello Di Ama Vigna Il Chiuso Toscana 1991
The 1991 Castello Di Ama Vigna Il Chiuso is a Tuscan red wine, classified as Chianti, produced by Castello Di Ama from 100% Pinot Noir. This cuvée comes from the Il Chiuso estate, where Pinot Noir was planted in 1984 using clones originating from Morey-Saint-Denis in Burgundy. The vineyard is situated at an altitude of around 500 metres on predominantly limestone soils, providing a well-documented setting for this cuvée.
The bottle offered
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Wine details
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- Italie
- Région
- Toscane
- Appellation
- Chianti
- Producteur / Domaine
- Castello Di Ama
- Cuvée
- Vigna Il Chiuso
- Millésime
- 1991
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Castello Di Ama
Castello di Ama is a Chianti Classico estate situated around the village of Ama, in the municipality of Gaiole in Chianti, Tuscany. Founded in 1976, it cultivates around 75 hectares of vines spread across the valleys of Bellavista, San Lorenzo, La Casuccia and Montebuoni. Lorenza Sebasti and Marco Pallanti are in charge of its management, with the latter having been responsible for winemaking since 1982.
- Owner
- Lorenza Sebasti et Marco Pallanti
- Maître de chais
- Marco Pallanti
- Surface (ha)
- 75.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 330 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
Castello di Ama was founded in 1976 by four families from Rome, who set about restoring a vineyard that had been neglected following the end of sharecropping in the 1960s. The revival brought together Tomaso Carini, Gianvittorio Cavanna, Lionello Sebasti and Pietro Tradico. Before 1980, the partners had replanted a large part of the vineyard and built a modern fermentation cellar. The first vintage of the Vigneto Bellavista selection was produced in 1978. Marco Pallanti joined the estate in 1982 to lay its technical foundations and continues to serve as managing director and oenologist. During the 1980s, the estate developed several single-vineyard selections, including San Lorenzo, La Casuccia and Bertinga, whilst also experimenting with Merlot in particular, which gave rise to L’Apparita. Lorenza Sebasti, daughter of Lionello Sebasti, joined the company in 1988 and became managing director in 1993. Since the 1990s, the estate has continued to restructure its vineyards and expand its winery. In 1999, Castello di Ama launched a contemporary art project in the village of Ama. Recent public sources identify Lorenza Sebasti and Marco Pallanti as the owners of the estate.
Vigna Il Chiuso
Vigna Il Chiuso is a reference historically marketed by Castello di Ama, now presented under the name Il Chiuso in Toscana IGT. It is linked to the podere Il Chiuso and its Pinot Nero cultivated on high-altitude clay-limestone soils. The producer seeks an elegant, balanced, fruity wine endowed with supple tannins.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- The name Il Chiuso comes from the homonymous podere where Pinot Nero was planted in 1984 using Burgundian clones from Morey-Saint-Denis.
- Cuvée creation year
- 1987
- Style of the cuvée
- Tuscan high-altitude Pinot Nero striving for freshness, elegance, and harmony, featuring a fruity expression, a balanced structure, and supple tannins.
- Position within the range
- Single-plot Pinot Nero wine within the Toscana IGT range of Castello di Ama.
Histoire de la cuvée
Pinot Nero was planted at the podere Il Chiuso in 1984. Bottles bearing the Vigna Il Chiuso reference are documented as early as the 1987 vintage. However, the official technical sheet of the current version, now named Il Chiuso and crafted from Pinot Nero, indicates a first release in 2009, signaling a new phase of commercialization or definition of the wine without specifying the details.
