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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 2 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Tony Molester on 8/11/2014: I have tasted this wine in 2 occasions recently. The first bottle's cork was seriously degraded, thus doubt lingered on why I wasn't impressed: was it the closure or the wine itself?
Bottle # 2 was opened this weekend and the cork was perfect. The wine showed very similarly, and I was non-plussed even after 2h of air. It didn't show signs of evolution given its 20 years and poor vintage, hinting it was probably not that great 10 years ago either. The core of sour cherry and bright red colour were impressive, however the flavours were simple and the length too short. A very austere wine would be a polite way of saying it was absolutely boring. You can't always win.
Drink or wash down drain.
12.5% abv (1649 views) | | | Tasted by buckeye76 on 5/24/1999 & rated 91 points: RICH FRUIT AND COMPLEXITY. LONG FINISH. BLACKBERRIES, CHOCOLATE IN THE NOSE AND FLAVOR. (969 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plantings at a density of 5,300 vines per hectare, starting in 1996 and continuing to the present date, replace the outdated vineyards.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.
Sangiovese BlendSangiovese blend is used in CellarTracker for Italian wines to represent wines predominantly made of Sangiovese and blended with traditional Italian grapes. It is different than SuperTuscan which is a blend of Sangiovese with non-traditional (eg Bordeaux) varieties, often in closer to equal portions. For example, Chianti is at least 80% Sangiovese and will always be listed Sangiovese blend.Vigneto Bellavista On weinlagen-infoItaly Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorTuscany Tuscany (ItalianMade.com) | TuscanytChianti Consorzio Vino Chianti | Chianti (wikipedia) |
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