I have seen more wine, I don't know if you have noticed that many Italian wine bottles have a black rooster on it? Today Xiaobian will give you a science popularization, the origin of the black rooster.
In the past articles, Italian wine has also been complicated and difficult to understand, but in summary, it is as simple as abbbbc. abbbc represents the 5 most classic Italian wines, namely amarone (Amaroni), barolo (Barolo), barbaresco (Barbaresco), brunello di montalcino (Brunello Montalcino) and chianti (Chianti).
And the black rooster we are going to talk about today naturally cannot escape the Italian classic. The black rooster is the symbol of the classic Chianti, and there is an interesting legend about this black rooster.
In medieval times, there was no clear border between Siena and Florence, and in order to prevent the endless struggle, the people of the two cities decided that, at the time of the rooster's chirping, their respective knights set out from their respective cities to demarcate the border based on the place where the two groups of men and horses met. So the Sienas kept a white rooster and fed it well, while the Florentines had a black rooster and never fed it. When the day of fate came, the hungry black rooster began to crow before dawn, so the Florentine knights set off early, meeting the late-departing Siena knights just 12 kilometers outside of Siena.
At this point, the border between the two cities was demarcated, and most of the Chianti production area belonged to the city of Florence, which continues to this day. Because the image of the black rooster was deeply rooted in the local people, the chianti classico wine consortium later chose it as the symbol of classic Chianti wines.
So what is the difference between Chianti and classic Chianti?
(1) The style of Chianti docg
The classic Chianti and Chianti, although the name is only one word apart, but the quality and price are far apart, mainly because the Keiandi production area is very large, and there are quite a lot of affordable wines produced. Simple Chianti wines are full of aromas, fruity flavors at their best, and are suitable for drinking for a year or two.
(2) The style of the classic Chianti docg
The vineyards of Classic Chianti are mostly spread over 250-500 meters above sea level, and this altitude, combined with the wet autumn, in addition to the hot and dry years, the biggest challenge comes from getting sangiovese, which is late ripening, light in color and high in acidity, to achieve sufficient sugar and tannin ripening. Classic Chianti wines are floral and full of spices at a young age, and the notes of tobacco and leather gradually appear after aging. The grapes used to make Classic Chianti and Classic Chianti collections must not exceed 3,000 kg/ha according to regulations, both with an ageing potential of more than 10 years.