Chianti Classico Looks to a Promising 2025 Harvest

Balanced Weather and Healthy Vines Point to a Strong 2025 Vintage

FLORENCE, Italy, Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2025 growing season in Chianti Classico, one of Italy's most notable wine regions, is shaping up to be one of the finest in recent years. With balanced and favorable weather throughout the season, Chianti Classico vines have thrived, producing healthy, uniform grapes that suggest a promising and high-quality vintage.

Throughout winter, typical conditions, with no snow, allowed the vines to rest fully. Spring progressed steadily, featuring stable temperatures and frequent but moderate rainfall, particularly throughout the month of May. With no nighttime frosts, budding was uniform and smooth, which set the stage for a strong growing season.

Summer followed a similarly balanced pattern. Two brief heat waves, one at the end of June and another in mid-August, were offset by cool, breezy conditions in July and favorable diurnal temperature variations. These factors helped the vines maintain healthy water reserves and kept the leaf surfaces intact and vigorous.

From a phytosanitary perspective, conditions were excellent. Minimal pressure from fungal disease, coupled with targeted interventions by Chianti Classico winegrowers, allowed the potentially critical rainy period in May to be managed effectively, preserving the health of the leaf canopy.

Harvesting of Sangiovese in the earlier ripening areas began around September 15. Initial tastings show healthy, uniform bunches, pointing to a 2025 vintage of refined, flavorful wines that will be a memorable addition to Chianti Classico's storied legacy.

About the Consorzio Vino Chianti Classico:

The Consorzio Vino Chianti Classico exists to protect, oversee, and valorize the Chianti Classico denomination. Since the Consortium's founding in 1924, the organization has changed its name and the design of its logo, the Black Rooster, which since 2005 has been the trademark of the whole denomination. As one of the premier institutional organizations in the European Union in the grape-growing and winemaking sector, the consortium represents 96 percent of the DOCG production. The entire production chain is supervised by a public tracking system, which enables consumers all over the world to check the bottle they've purchased via the Consortium's website. The Consortium also conducts research and development in the agronomic and enological fields, in collaboration with prestigious educational and research institutes. For more information, please visit www.chianticlassico.com.

Please note: The Consorzio counts on the professionalism of the press receiving this release and trusts that the term "Chianti Classico" will be neither changed nor abbreviated. Use of the term "Chianti" instead of "Chianti Classico" constitutes a major change in the information communicated here. The two terms represent two completely separate DOCGs with different terrains, histories and organisations. When an alternative to the term "Chianti Classico" is needed, we suggest using "Gallo Nero", our logo which is synonymous with the DOCG "Chianti Classico". Thank you for your understanding.

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