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2021 Castello di Ama "Bellavista" Chianti Classico Gran Selezione

2021 Castello di Ama "Bellavista" Chianti Classico Gran Selezione

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Vinous

Reviewed June 2024
The 2021 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigneto Bellavista is a stunner. Dense, powerful and forbidding, in classic Bellavista style, the 2021 packs an immense punch. It is also a very potent wine. All of the Bellavista signatures are present, but they are nearly buried by the sheer intensity of the fruit. Graphite, sage, crushed rocks, lavender, mint and dried herbs all play off a core of cool, dark-toned fruit. The 2021 is a bruiser—a beautiful, vivid bruiser. I can't wait to see how it ages. (AG)

Professional Reviews

97

Decanter

Review Date: 04/2025
During a tasting with Castello di Ama’s Arturo Pallanti, he described Bellavista's essence as complexity before elegance. Indeed, 2021 is an intricate and detailed tapestry of all its elements. It speaks deftly of cool heights, luminous exposures and an exceptionally warm vintage, yet is youthfully restrained rather than effusive. Traces of blood orange, blood, smoke and stone weave through dark berries. The palate is agile in its brawn and density, with definition to its blackcurrant and dark plum richness. Tactile tannins are tightly cinched. A magnificent follow up to the stunning 2020. (MM)

97

Wine Advocate

Review Date: 07/2024
The Castello di Ama 2021 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigneto Bellavista shows dark color saturation and elegantly restrained aromas of dark cherry and blackberry. The Vigneto Bellavista is one of the Gran Cru sites in this appellation, with vines planted over the tall ridge of a sun-drenched hillside. That special positioning always gives this wine more concentration and complexity, ultimately. There is sweet fruit, ripe plum and spice, and these aromas are framed by a dark slate-like mineral note. The mouthfeel is compact and firm with a beautiful sense of lasting richness. (ML)

96

James Suckling

Review Date: 08/2024
You smell this and you know it’s a solid Bellavista, with blackcurrants, black cherries, blackberries, blood oranges and orange blossoms on the nose. Medium- to full-bodied with a tight and focused palate that gives such precision in fruit and tannins. It needs another five year to soften and open. Try after 2028. (JS)

Notes

Bellavista is Castello di Ama’s vineyard selection from the hills of Gaiole in Chianti. The 2021 combines 80% Sangiovese with 20% Malvasia Nera, grown on clay and limestone soils between 460 and 525 meters. The terraced vineyard gives this Chianti Classico Gran Selezione a specific place within the estate’s range. Harvest ran from September 13 to October 6. The varieties fermented separately in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts, followed by malolactic fermentation in barriques. After blending, the wine spent fourteen months in barrels, 40% new and the balance once used.

Details

TypeRed Wine
VarietalSangiovese
OriginChianti, Tuscany, Italy
Bottle Size750 mL
SKU1839123
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