Ejià
Ejià is our Vin Santo del Chianti DOC, Occhio di Pernice. This is a rare Vin Santo being made almost entirely with Sangiovese grapes.
Ejià, our Vin Santo del Chianti DOC, Occhio di Pernice, is a wine with a golden caramel color, incredible lush sweetness, intensely aromatic flavors, and a long velvety finish. This desert wine is so delicious that one is almost reluctant to dip into it the traditional Tuscan biscotti.
About the label
Eye of the Partridge
Ejià being a rare desert wine, an Occhio di Pernice, which translates into English as the “eye of the partridge”, we chose a representation of a bird with a caramel-colored eye to illustrate and present this unique Vin Santo. Well maybe with a little artistic liberty…
Winemaking Details
TASTING NOTES
Golden caramel color, with scents of mature fruit, dried fruit, and oriental spices. In the month it shows great concentration, with deep and velvety sweetness, offering a never-ending finish and great complexity suggesting a lengthy aging potential.
VARIETALS
Sangiovese with a small percentage of Malvasia
VINEYARD
CastelFiorentino
ELEVATION
166 meters / 540 feet
ORIENTATION
West - South/West
VINEYARD SIZE
0.5 hectares / 1.2 acres
AVERAGE AGE OF VINES
25 years
SOIL
Calcareous marl with abundant rock fragments
TRAINING SYSTEM
Spur Cordon
HARVEST
Towards the beginning of October, manual harvest
FERMENTATION
After harvest, the grapes are laid out on mats to "appassire" or "dry out" for 4 months. They are then pressed and left to ferment naturally in small wooden casks named caratelli.
AGING
The wine will age in oak caratelli for 5 years
POTENTIAL CELLARING
10 to 15+ years
BOTTLES PRODUCED
1000 bottles 375 ml per year
Awards/Aclaim
James Suckling 93 points.
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