{"id":7245,"date":"2022-04-10T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/?page_id=7245"},"modified":"2024-01-10T21:13:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T08:13:28","slug":"villa-cerna-chianti-classico-riserva-16","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/villa-cerna-chianti-classico-riserva-16\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8230;typicity &#038; elegance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<h3>Villa Cerna \u2018Chianti Classico\u2019 Riserva 2016<\/h3>\n<strong>Grape Varietals:<\/strong> 95% Sangiovese &#038; 5% Colorino <br \/>\n<strong>Growing Region:<\/strong> Castellina in Chianti, Tuscany &#8211; Italy  <br \/>\n<strong>Director &#038; Chief Winemaker:<\/strong> Andrea Cecchi <br \/>\n<strong>Senior Winemaker:<\/strong> Miria Bracali \n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GAVIN-Wine-Review-5-Stars-2022-05.png\" alt=\"GAVIN-Wine-Review-5-Stars-2022-05\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"220\" width=\"220\" title=\"GAVIN-Wine-Review-5-Stars-2022-05\"  \/>\n\tAs you travel north from Siena into the Chianti Classico wine region, you are greeted first by the historic Villa Cerna Estate, as it sits on the first hill at the edge of this legendary wine appellation. The villa itself is an old monastery, dating back to the 11th century. The monks that lived there planted 1001 olive trees in the year 1001 to celebrate the new millennium. In fact, some of these trees still produce fruit and go into Villa Cerna\u2019s aptly named olive oil \u2018Milleuno\u2019 (1001). Undoubtedly though, the most important production from the estate are their two classic expressions of Sangiovese: \u2018Primocolle\u2019 (meaning \u2018first hill\u2019) Chianti Classico and this illustrious Chianti Classico Riserva.<br \/>\nThe stunning hill top estate of Villa Cerna was bought by the Cecchi family back in 1962. This Chianti Classico Riserva D.O.C.G., is produced only in the best vintages, and is the result of a careful selection of the best Sangiovese.<br \/>\nAfter traditional fermentation, the wines development and aging continued in oak barriques and barrels of around 14 months and then after careful tasting and blending it ages in bottle for another 9-10 months before release. \n<strong>\u2605 <\/strong>In the glass you are greeted by a ruby colour with a garnet edge. On the inviting aroma you are charmed by fragrant dried flowers, local herbs and subtle spices. These all lead onto and elegant, though deftly generous and rewarding palate that proudly showcases characteristic black cherries, plums, cinnamon, cacao, vanilla and a touch of tobacco. All perfectly balanced by refined fruit acidity, silky tannins and infused oak giving structure and length to the graceful lingering finish. \nThis 2016 Villa Cerna \u2018Chianti Classico\u2019 Riserva D.O.C.G. has 14% Alc.\/vol. Classic dry style. Mild decant for 20-30 minutes and serve in an appropriately shaped red wine glass at 16\u00b0- 18\u00b0C. *NZ$49.99\n <em>A primo site in Chianti Classico, showcasing the typicity and elegance of Sangiovese.<\/em>\n<p> <\/p>\n\nCELLARING POTENTIAL:  *(Review 10\/4\/22) <br \/>\nDrinking perfectly well this season: plus, will age nicely for another 5 &#8211; 6 years.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nFOOD PAIRING SUGGESTIONS:<br \/>\n Perfect wine pairing with grilled or slow roasted pork, lamb or duck with a wine jus, mushroom pasta dishes with herb sauce, slow cooked earthy vegetarian cuisine and aged hard cheeses with crusty bread &#8211; <em>enjoy<\/em>.\n<em>Always drink responsibly.<\/em>\n<p> <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cecchi-Winemaker-Image-02.jpg\" alt=\"Cecchi-Winemaker-Image-02\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"450\" width=\"1000\" title=\"Cecchi-Winemaker-Image-02\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Villa-Cerna-Chianti-Classico-Riserva-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/TASTING-PDF-Icon-Clear-001.png\" alt=\"TASTING-PDF-Icon-Clear-001\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"71\" width=\"280\" title=\"TASTING-PDF-Icon-Clear-001\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3>more wine reviews<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/recent-wine-articles\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7243,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7245","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7245"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10060,"href":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7245\/revisions\/10060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grape-to-glass.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}