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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.7 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by TheClemence on 12/24/2022 & rated 98 points: Merlot in purezza, invecchiato 23 anni. Al naso un mix di profondi profumi di frutti a bacca rossa e terziari splendidamente amalgamati. Al palato amplifica il piacere dato dai profumi con un vino eccezionalmente elegante, con tannini di fine forza ma velati, struttura importantissima, equilibrio e persistenza altissima. Spettacolare. (287 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 4/15/2017: Q2 2017 Tasting - The Anti-Sideways (aka Merlot) (The Apt): Wine #3: First taste of this was very much dirt and spice and leather and very much an old world wine. I revisited later and it seemed like the wine was just a touch off. Age very clear here. (3 pennies) (2236 views) | | | Tasted by retired_and_roving on 4/15/2017 flawed bottle: # 3 of 16 merlots tasted double blind. I brought this one to the tasting, but had never tried this before. Purchased off wine-bid so you never know what your are going to get and I think this one was flawed. Opened and decanted for 1 hour prior to the tasting. On the nose definitely old world (leather and earth) and browning a bit in color so seems to have some age. On the palate there is no fruit here, just leather, earth and tobacco followed by a huge hit of acidity on the finish. Doesn't improve with time and air. I think it is flawed and and another taster confirms that it is corked. (1793 views) | | | Tasted by blaahhi on 4/20/2013 & rated 92 points: Quite complex and deep on the nose, with a good structure (especially for a Merlot), coupled with a long finish. Beautiful in an effortlessly controlled way. (3094 views) | | | Tasted by Chitarra on 10/25/2009 & rated 91 points: Very graceful wine with sophisticated restraint. On the nose, this wine felt completely Italian/Tuscan, I would not have guessed merlot; I would have guessed a Chianti or Super Tuscan. Then on the palate, this same impression follows. The wine feels like something I would happily have with pappardelle with cingiale. I think it's one heck of a disciplined merlot and a real contrast to new world examples. On the nose, the usual cherry/berry but very clean and proper. This follows on the palate with minute hints of citrius peel. Finish is medium. I think it is drinking nicely now with a fine meal, but it will get leaner during decanting and then the structure stands out a bit more in a mouth coating way especially on the finish. (3926 views) |
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Castello di Ama’s 65.38 hectares of specialised vineyards, officially enrolled in the Chianti Classico Register, are located at elevations between 390 and 530 metres in calcareous-clay, pebble-rich soils.
Part of the vineyards were planted between 1974 and 1978, at an average density of 3,000 vines per hectare, while newer plantings at a density of 5,300 vines per hectare, starting in 1996 and continuing to the present date, replace the outdated vineyards.
The vines are vertically trained, to the open lyre pruned to the Guyot system, and to spurred cordon.
The varieties, grafted onto rootstock 420, are 80% Sangiovese and 20% Malvasia Nera, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc.
MerlotMerlot is a dark blue–colored wine grape variety, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name Merlot is thought to be a diminutive of merle, the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the color of the grape. Its softness and "fleshiness", combined with its earlier ripening, makes Merlot a popular grape for blending with the sterner, later-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon, which tends to be higher in tannin.Italy Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorTuscany Tuscany (ItalianMade.com) | TuscanytToscana IGTHere is the Wikipedia entry for Toscana wine. |
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