1997 Castello di Ama Chianti Classico Vigneto Bellavista

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  3/3/2021 - Benoit Hardy Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Nose that oscillates between notes of mint, leather, and cherry.
  
  The mouth will never stop growing. With a textured touch, the juice becomes intense. Nice balance, all remaining fresh and easy to digest thanks to a well-integrated touch of acidity. It's deep and complex on leather and black fruits. The finish is very intense, slightly grassy with a good length.
  
  However, it is a pity that the wine, after having hatched following the slow aeration, will gradually fade over the course of the tasting to become mute and thin. So don't keep any longer.
  Very good though.

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  5/13/2015 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points

  Kelvin's Baby Shower (Burlamacco, Amoy Street, Singapore): I loved this. It had such a wonderfully Tuscan nose, with sprigs of mint and fresh herb dancing around sweet notes of dark cherries and fresh berries and then little notes of earth, wood and sweet flowers trailing behind. Beautiful. There was lovely brightness on the palate, with fresh acidity and fine, powdery tannins framing deliciously juicy flavours of dark cherries and wild berries flecked with bits of spice and dried herb as the wine glided into a fine, long finish. Unusually for a 1997 Chianti, of which the far more advanced Castello di Brolio that we had earlier was a good example, this was still clearly very youthful. When paired with a nice hunk of Bistecca Fiorentina, a touch of the sweet fruit of the vintage and a nice dusting of mineral came out, but otherwise it still seemed quite tight in spite of 2 hours in the decanter. While giving a lot of pleasure on the night, this could actually have benefitted from 5-6 years more in the bottle. Very good indeed, but it needs more time. 93+

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  5/31/2014 - galenico Likes this wine: 93 Points

  GRANDI BOTTIGLIE NIGHT (ENOTECA GRANDI BOTTIGLIE TORINO): Sangiovese 80% - Malvasia Nera 20%
  Naso che più Toscana non si può. Frutto di bosco, more e ciliegie, avvolte da tanta pungente acidità e toni balsamici.
  Naso nettissmo e centrato, a cui non mancano toni più rustici di humus e polvere.
  In bocca è ancora quasi giovane, scalpitante con tannino poliedrico, tridimensionale, che prima ti asciuga e poi si ammorbidisce sul finale, quasi una scia che si cancella con i secondi che passano.
  Buonissimo, graffiante, che sa di campagna, goudron, sole e terra rossa. Finale vellutato e pieno alla polvere di cacao.
  Grande vino

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  5/12/2011 - Stefanos T. wrote: 94 Points

  Garnet colour, quite deep. Nose with notes of leather, cedar, earth, plummy and cherry fruit. Palate is velvety in texture, has quite a lot of weight but texture lightens it. Very ripe but not raisiny fruit, plums and dark cherries, ink and sweet chocolate. Lingering finish. A wine with a lot of finesse and complexity, elegant rather than powerful. Typical Sangiovese with a very refined edge.

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