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Chianti Classico: "The year? Prospects ok, but the accounts are made at the end of September"

As every year, starting the Chianti Classico Expo, which will cut the ribbon Thursday, September 10 to 17 in Piazza Matteotti, we assess the situation vintage wine that will ... with an industry expert.

Giving us the pulse of the situation is Dario Parenti wine marketing and winemaker, who with his company (Le Uve) is located right in the heart of Chianti Classico. It follows that companies in the Chianti region and the rest of Tuscany.

Parenti, the question of questions: in the Chianti Classico that year will be that of 2015?

"So far the year has had a very positive trend: a spring with well distributed rains and an almost total absence of downy and powdery mildew, a very hot but that could take advantage of the excellent water reserve available for the development of the vine. Draw conclusions in early September is not yet possible for the Sangiovese, too many weather variables still in play in the coming weeks for this variety still far from being mature fenolicamente. The possibility of a good harvest is serious but with Sangiovese accounts you They are really at the end".

What kind of Chianti Classico wine see today? What is the position of our flagship wine in the world ...?

"After a lull due to many competitive factors, not least the entry of aggressive international markets of new production areas and a short period of "loss of identity"of Chianti Classico, it seems that there is a recovery. And not only for well-known manufacturers in quantity and quality, but also for smaller manufacturers who have been able to intercept niche markets: thanks to a clever promotion, to improve and update its level of quality and a good marketing work done by the consortium. The risks are, however, around the corner: an increase in production per hectare and the arrival on the market of a year "not excellent" as that of 2014 could slow this growth of image and economic value".

In this regard, do you think the role of IGT in our area has changed compared to previous years?

"Surely all production Tuscan Chianti Classico and beyond, is coming from the logic of hyper-structured wines to favor wines, albeit powerful, much more balanced in all its components. At the same time, however, they resist market segments that require high also wines more "international" based Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon, bottled logically as IGT. It's a vision that remains in place and that the producers of the Classico is a valuable counterbalance powerful but traditional in Great Selection: a category in which many were skeptical (myself for example), but who seems to be paying off in many markets".

These days we celebrate the Chianti Classico with the largest exhibition in "his" territory, the Expo of Greve in Chianti: as it should be, for you, the bottle... perfect our top wine?

"Certainly based on the Sangiovese. Even at 100% where the climatic conditions allow it: the tannin vibrant, beautiful acidity and aromatic descriptors of our vineyard, when expressed with intelligence and balance bring the bottle a product impossible to replicate elsewhere in the world wine".

Interview from www.gazzettinodelchianti.it.