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2009 Castello di Ama Haiku Toscana IGT

2009 Castello di Ama Haiku Toscana IGT
Castello di Ama Haiku Toscana IGT:

Castello di Ama is located about 12 miles northeast of Siena in the hills of Gaiole. This is the heart of Chianti Classico, a bucolic rolling landscape of woods, vineyards and olive groves.


The modern era of Castello di Ama began about 35 years ago with the replanting of the estate vineyard. Of the 260 hectares comprising the estate nearly 90 hectares are planted to vines and 40 to olives. This site itself is spectacular – a rounded hilltop set 1600 feet above sea level. It has perfect southern exposure and the clay-calcareous soils that are considered ideal for Sangiovese, Merlot, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir

In 1982, management of property was given to Marco Pallanti, an up-and-coming young agronomist who went on to become one of the most respected winemakers in Tuscany. Marco launched a ten-year research project to determine the site’s viticultural characteristics. Under his direction the vineyard was divided into individual homogeneous blocks based upon soils and exposure. The goal was to identify the various micro-terroirs ensuring even ripening and optimum quality for each variety.

In the late 1980s, the reins of the estate were assumed by Lorenza Sebasti, the young daughter of one of the owners. She and Marco were married in the 1990s.

During the five-year period of 1982-87, some 50,000 vines were retrellised to an open lyre system, an enormous undertaking considering a vineyard density of 2,800 vines per hectare. Much of the vineyard was also grafted to new clones and varieties to take advantage of geology and topography.

The obsessive dedication to quality in both the vineyard and winery has made Castello di Ama not just one of Tuscany’s greatest wine producers, but among the finest wineries in the world.


Haiku is a new wine that embraces those principles of honesty, depth, simplicity and naturalness that characterize the entire production of Castello di Ama.

The name comes from a traditional Haiku poem orginating in Japan consisting of three lines. It's a poem by simple tones without any title, the world's shortest eliminating frills lexical and draws its strentgh from the suggestions of nature and the seasons. Given its brevity, the composition requires a great synthesis of thought and image.


Haiku 2009 is the result of blending between these three varieties: 55% is the Sangiovese and the rest has split between Cabernet Franc and Merlot. The Sorting Table Importer
SKU: 13922
Your Price: $54.99
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