Colledila Chianti Classico Gran Selezione

In the glass

Aroma: red fruits, toasted oak, violet, dried herbs

Palate: sour cherry, graphite, sweet spice, Mediterranean herbs

Single-vineyard Sangiovese cru from the Colledila parcel at Gaiole. Strength and elegance, with toasted-oak detail over a firm graphite-tannin spine.

What it pairs with

• Roast veal shank with rosemary
  Roast veal collagen meets the wine's firm tannin; rosemary mirrors the herbal core.
• Tagliata di manzo with rocket
  Charred sliced beef brings out the wine's sour-cherry and graphite.
• Aged pecorino toscano
  Sheep's-milk crystals sharpen the Sangiovese acid lift.

History

Colledila is Ricasoli's single-vineyard cru bottling from the Colledila parcel at Gaiole in Chianti, first released as the 2007 vintage (bottled August 2009). The wine received AIS recognition in 2011 and joined the Chianti Classico Gran Selezione tier on its 2014 launch.

1. 2007 — First Colledila vintage from the Gaiole single-vineyard cru
2. 2011 — AIS recognition for Colledila
3. 2014 — Colledila joins the new Gran Selezione tier

Facts

Producer

Barone Ricasoli Castello di Brolio

Grapes

Sangiovese (100%)

Classification

Chianti Classico DOCG Gran Selezione

Oak

18 months in new French oak barrels and casks

ABV

14.0%

Price

EUR 65 to 100 at retail

Drinking window

5 to 20 from vintage

First vintage

2007

Scores

• Wine Advocate 95 (2019 vintage, reviewed 2022)
• James Suckling 95 (2019 vintage, reviewed 2022)

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