Chianti Classico

Chianti Classico is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 76 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Sangiovese. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Wine

Protected since

2004-04-14

Area

733,352 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

160.72 × 102.68 km

Centre

43.5166° N, 11.1401° E

Grapes

Alicante Bouschet, Alicante, Ancellotta, Barbera, Barsaglina, Bonamico, Bracciola Nera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Caloria, Canaiolo Nero, Canina Nera, Carignano, Ciliegiolo, Colombana Nera, Colorino, Foglia Tonda, Gamay, Gratena, Groppello Di S. Stefano, Groppello Gentile, Lambrusco Maestri, Malbech, Malvasia, Malvasia Nera Di Brindisi, Malvasia Nera Di Lecce, Mammolo, Mazzese, Merlese, Merlot, Mondeuse, Montepulciano, Pinot Nero, Pollera Nera, Prugnolo Gentile, Pugnitello, Rebo, Refosco Dal Peduncolo Rosso, Roussin, Sagrantino, Sanforte, Sangiovese, Schiava Gentile, Syrah, Tempranillo, Teroldego, Vermentino Nero

Other grapes

Carmenere, Cesanese D Affile, Gralima, Grand Noir, Moscato D Amburgo, Mourvedre, Nocchianello Nero

Max yield

52.5 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,400 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

5.1 km north of Poggibonsi

Nearest city

30 km south-west of Florence 367,150 people

To the sea

58 km

Same latitude

Hokkaido (Japan), Red Hill Douglas County, Oregon (United States), Niagara Lakeshore (Canada)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

12–1,664 m

Mean elevation

365 m

Measured over the whole outline on 37,944 elevation cells of about 443 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wines and grape rules

Vintages: Tuscany (Brunello, Chianti Classico)

Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)83%
• Unconsolidated sediments12%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 76

Wineries · 86

• Agriturismo Castello di Verrazzano
• Altezza Winery
• Antico Tagliere
• Arrigoni Pietraserena
• Azienda Agricola Losi
• Azienda Agricola Magnani
• Azienda Agricola Martoccia
• Azienda Agricola Montenidoli
• Azienda Agricola Pacina
• Azienda Agricola Palagetto
• Azienda Agricola Podere La Castellaccia
• Azienda Agricola Richiari Porciglia
• Azienda Vinicola Virgilio
• Azienda agricola di Trecento
• Candialle
• Cantina Barbargianni
• Cantina Sociale Certaldo
• Carpineto
• Casanuova Azienda Agricola Biologica
• Castel Ruggero
• Castello Tricerchi
• Castello dei Rampolla
• Castello di Coiano
• Castello di Volpaia
• Castello la Leccia
• Castiglion del Bosco
• Certosa di Belriguardo
• Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona
• Colombaia
• Corbucci
• Corte Pavone
• Enoteca di Nipozzano
• Enoteca di San Domenico
• Fabbrica Pienza
• Fattoria Casabianca
• Fattoria Il Palagio
• Fattoria Le Fonti
• Fattoria Poggio Borgoni
• Fattoria San Donato
• Fattoria della Aiola

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications