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.

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.