Ruffino – Libaio Chardonnay – Tuscany I.G.T. – Estates – Classic White – Avvenice^ Wines

Ruffino – Since 1877 – Award Winning Wines from the Heart of Tuscany

Ruffino was born in 1877 in Pontassieve from the intuition of two cousins, Ilario and Leopoldo. Their ambition is that the wine appreciated in their lands can also please those who do not have the good fortune to be able to taste it every day, and live, perhaps, very far.

It was an immediate and swirling success, built on the goodness of the wines and on an entrepreneurial foresight in the uncommon times. In fact, the Ruffino cousins’ wine was immediately liked so much, so that in 1895 in Bordeaux the gold medal was awarded at the Chianti Ruffino.

Successes follow each other and already at the beginning of the twentieth century these successes lead to identify Ruffino as a synonym of Italian wine in the world through Chianti. These are the years of the birth of a true icon of Italian enology, Riserva Ducale, which in 1927 celebrates one of the most illustrious admirers of Ruffino, the Duke of Aosta who had chosen this wine to lay the tables of the court of the Italy King.

Riserva Ducale is just one of the imprints left by Ruffino in the history of Italian enology, also marked by the iconic fiasco, the bottle symbol of the entire category of Chianti, known in the world thanks to Chianti Ruffino.

Ruffino – Libaio Chardonnay – Tuscany I.G.T. – Ruffino Estates – Classic White

In the 1980s, after a long period of experimentation with international white grape varieties, Ruffino introduced this peculiar Chardonnay produced on Tuscan soil, characterized by unique notes of freshness. Libaio is mainly produced from grapes from the Ruffino La Solatia Estate, located near the medieval village of Monteriggioni, whose soil rich in calcareous skeleton, with an abundant presence of travertine, gives the wine a peculiar minerality.

Tasting Notes

Inviting, with delicate floral notes that turn into fragrant fruity hints of golden apple, citrus and banana. On the finish light hints of bread crust, due to the permanence on the yeasts. On the palate, fresh and harmonious, softness and acidity find their balance. Return to notes of golden apple, sage and fig, in a persistent and citrusy finish.

Pairings

Pleasant to taste also as an aperitif, Libaio accompanies with balance first courses based on seasonal vegetables of the Tuscan tradition as well as fish main courses.

Type

Tuscany I.G.T.

Grapes

100 % Chardonnay

Aging

In stainless steel vats

Perfume

Intense impact of pear, bouquet full of pastry notes and mineral hints

Taste

Pleasantly fresh, very balanced and fruity with pear notes. The finish refers to sweet almond and mineral hints

Alcohol

alc. 14 % vol

Available Formats

0.75 Lt