Vintage Chianti Classico 2009 will be good, says italian wine merchants Chianti Classico Consortium. The production will be 268.000 hectoliters, about the same amount in 2008. 'Optimistic forecasts - consortium says - is wasted in previous weeks, but the belief of facing a great 2009, we have these days, touch the fruit of patient work of recent months: the fruit arrived in cellar good shape, thanks to a fairly balanced season, especially until the month of June. " Consider the weather in September, "the grape has been completed in most of the vineyards of Chianti, optimal ripeness. The favorable seasonal pattern "has thus provided the best conditions to bring mature fruits in the cellar, the acidity and a good aromatic complexity." "Now - commented Marco Pallanti, president of the Consortium - the nature will give witness to the work of man, Chianti producers, who for many years now has been shaped by great wines, Chianti classico, recognized and rewarded throughout the world." Results which, it explains, will give a new strength and convey optimism wine growers of the area. "The harvest in 2009 - concluded the consortium - also encourages further Chianti Classico: after the first signs of recovery with renewed confidence the producers expect a full exit from the current economic crisis."
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