2005 | Castello di Ama | Chianti Classico Riserva

Description

Red Wine: 2005 | Castello di Ama | Chianti Classico Riserva

A rich, ripe style that starts out supple, sporting cherry, tobacco and tea flavors. There’s still some burly tannins underneath, which emerge on the finish, but overall this is long and balanced.

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Producer: Castello di Ama

Ratings: WA | 90WS | 90

Vintage: 2005

Size: 750ml

Varietal: Chianti Blend

Country/Region: Italy, Chianti Classico

A rich, ripe style that starts out supple, sporting cherry, tobacco and tea flavors. There’s still some burly tannins underneath, which emerge on the finish, but overall this is long and balanced.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Incredible purity and vibrancy in its core of sweet dark cherries and refined, elegant tannins…nice density…

• Wine Spectator: A rich, ripe style that starts out supple, sporting cherry, tobacco and tea flavors. There’s still some burly tannins underneath, which emerge on the finish, but overall this is long and balanced.

Producer Information

Castello di Ama is an Italian producer, found the Chianti Classico region in Tuscany. It is particularly known for its range of single-vineyard Gran Selezione red wines.The estate has about 75 hectares (185 acres) of vineyards, all within a two-miles radius of the village of Ama. Vineyard holdings include the San Lorenzo, La Casuccia and Bellavista plots with each producing a single-vineyard Gran Selezione DOCG.Bellavista is generally regarded as the most elegant, La Casuccia the richest and lushest, with San Lorenzo somewhere in the middle.Castello di Ama also produces a couple of IGT Toscana wines. Haiku is a combination of Sangiovese with Bordeaux varieties whilst a small plot of Merlot in the San Lorenzo vineyard is the source of L’Apparita.Red wines are fermented in vats and then undergo malolactic fermentation in barrels. All of the reds are aged for 12 months in barrique, except for Il Chiuso, which receives six months. Proportions of new oak vary between each wine as well as each vintage.