Castello Di Gabbiano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Bellezza 2012, Docg
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Critic Reviews (3)
Following after the dense, massive and woody 2011, the 2012 Gabbiano single vineyard "Bellezza" Gran Selezione seems...
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Bellezza Gran Selezione is the top red at Gabbiano. The nose is a melange of oak and chocolate and toast with leather...
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Quite antithetical to the bookends of 2011 and 2013 this feels a bit cooked and raisined at this stage though it’s...
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Community Reviews (2)
Medium-high intensity nose offering sweet ripe red cherry and strawberry with some oak influence aromas. The palate is medium-full bodied with dusty tannins providing very good structure for ageing. Pleasing aroma replays, fresh acidity. Very good length on the warm finish. Tasted May/2016.
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Gran Selezione:is supposed to be the top tier in Chianti Classico but, in my experience, this category is the least authentic CC. Highly ripened and extracted fruit slathered in a huge amount of oak, to the point where any Sangiovese character is a mere wish. If I had tasted this blind and had been given 6 guesses at the where this wine was from, Tuscany would not have been on that list. Guess that you can tell that I did not enjoy this wine. Tasted oct 2020.
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