Jan 02 2010
Chianti restores terraces
Chianti restores terraced vineyards. As national newspaper “la Repubblica” noticed, various wine producer are going back to Chianti origins, with this antique way to use soil, and the are several good reasons for doing that.
Firstly terraces reduce strongly soil erosion, this consequently improve the fertility with a lower need of chemical. … Mostra tuttoSecondly from terraces stones act as heater releasing slowly the heat received from the sun, thus allowing a better grape maturity. Moreover this will restore a landscape that reached its shape in centuries of human labour dedicated to produce wine at its best, a wine that will be even more appreciated tracking back to a place with its history and its celebrated landascapes.
