Winemaker Notes
Deep and balanced ruby red, elegant, dry, with a great character. Scents of red fruits and herbal aromas with a slight presence of balsamic notes. Long and smooth finish.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A fragrant nose of red berries, mocha, tea leaves, baking spices and flowers. It’s medium-bodied, yet intense, with fine tannins. Balanced and harmonious, with a velvety texture and a finish with excellent length. Drinkable now, but give this time to develop in the bottle. One for the cellar. Better after 2025.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The Castello di Querceto 2019 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione La Corte is made with all Sangiovese aged in oak for 12 months followed by an additional six months in bottle. This wine is beautifully balanced and shows the harmony of 2019 with plush concentration and good freshness. The wine's texture is a little bit thicker and darker in this vintage, but the natural freshness of the grape creates balance.
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Wine Spectator
Rich and round, offering black cherry and blackberry flavors that permeate the fleshy texture. Reveals accents of olive, tobacco and Mediterranean scrub as this builds to a long finish. Drink now through 2040. 1,100 cases made, 400 cases imported.
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Jeb Dunnuck
The dark crimson 2019 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione La Corte is forward with brooding aromas of tar, ripe black cherry, black licorice, and sage. More lifted on the palate than the nose would suggest, it’s medium to full-bodied, with a lift of tangy acidity, ripe tannins, and a more angular, ripe feel. The finish is savory with notes of orange and tea leaf. A robustly structured wine.
Legendary in Italy for its Renaissance art and striking landscape, Tuscany is also home to many of the country’s best red wines. Sangiovese reigns supreme here, as either the single varietal, or a dominant player, in almost all of Tuscany’s best.
A remarkable Chianti, named for its region of origin, will have a bright acidity, supple tannins and plenty of cherry fruit character. From the hills and valleys surrounding the medieval village of Montalcino, come the distinguished and age-worthy wines based on Brunello (Sangiovese). Earning global acclaim since the 1970s, the Tuscan Blends are composed solely of international grape varieties or a mix of international and Sangiovese. The wine called Vine Nobile di Montepulciano, composed of Prognolo Gentile (Sangiovese) and is recognized both for finesse and power.