Castello di Ama Vigneto Bellavista

In the glass

Aroma: red cherry, rose petal, dried herbs, graphite

Palate: sour cherry, iron, balsamic, tobacco

Single-vineyard Gran Selezione from Castello di Ama's Bellavista parcel at Gaiole, with rose-petal aromatics and iron-mineral intensity.

What it pairs with

• Slow-roast pigeon
  Game bird and balsamic notes find a Bellavista counterpart.
• Aged Pecorino di Pienza
  The wine's iron echoes the cheese's minerality.
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  Bellavista's structure matches a charcoal T-bone.

History

Single-vineyard Chianti Classico originally introduced as a Vigna designation in 1978; classified Gran Selezione from the 2010 vintage when the new DOCG tier was introduced.

1. 1978 — First vintage of the Vigneto Bellavista single-vineyard
2. 2010 — Reclassified to Chianti Classico Gran Selezione

Facts

Producer

Castello di Ama

Grapes

Sangiovese (80%), Malvasia Nera (20%)

Classification

Chianti Classico DOCG Gran Selezione

Oak

16 months in French oak tonneaux, partly new

ABV

14.0%

Price

EUR 150 to 250 at retail

Drinking window

8 to 25 from vintage

First vintage

1978

Scores

• Wine Advocate 97 (2019 vintage, reviewed 2022)
• Vinous 96 (2019 vintage, reviewed 2022)

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