Chianti Facts for Kids

Chianti

Chianti is a kind of red wine. It is produced in Tuscany in the famous area of "Chianti" inside the provinces of Arezzo, Florence, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato and Sienna.

There are many types of Chianti:

Chianti is a really famous red wine. It is put into a "fiasco", a traditional Italian straw-covered wine bottle.
Chianti Classico a kind of Chianti. It is proteced by the Italian laws and can only be made in the provinces of Florence and Siena.
Chianti Colli Aretini a kind of Chianti made only in the Arezzo area.
Chianti Colli Fiorentini a kind of Chianti made only in the Florence area.
Chianti Colline Pisane a kind of Chianti made only in the Pisa area.
Chianti Colli Senesi a kind of Chianti made only in the Siena area.
Chianti Montalbanoa kind of Chianti made only in the areas of Prato, Florence and Pistoia.
Chianti Montespertoli another kind of Chianti made near Florence
Chianti Rùfina a kind of Chianti, first made in the area of "Rufina", near Florence
Chianti Superiore a special Chianti, made in Arezzo, Florence, Pisa, Pistoia and Siena. This Chianti is costs more than others kinds of Chianti.
Vin Santo del Chianti a kind of sweet wine. It is made in the areas of Arezzo, Florence, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato and Siena
Vin Santo del Chianti Classico a kind of sweet wine made only in the areas of Florence and Siena

Images for kids

A bottle of ordinary Tuscan table wine in the kind of traditional fiasco formerly used for Chianti
In 1716 Cosimo III de' Medici, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, legislated the first official boundaries of the Chianti region in what is today part of the Chianti Classico DOCG.
Baron Bettino Ricasoli developed the first "modern" Chianti recipe that was Sangiovese based.
The Italian DOCG Chianti label
Chianti wine area within Tuscany
Chianti Classico premium wine.
Vineyards in Gaiole in Chianti in the Chianti Classico area.
Iconic black rooster seal of the Consorzio Chianti Classico.
Fiaschi of basic Chianti that does not specify any sub-zone on the label. This wine may be a blend from several zones.
Sangiovese grapes used to make Chianti wine