Rocca di Montegrossi - Chianti Classico Gran Selezione San Marcellino 2016 (750ml)
Price: $49.00
#46 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2021
| Producer | Rocca di Montegrossi |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Subregion | Chianti |
| Varietal | Sangiovese |
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Sku | 4619 |
| Size | 750ml |
Decanter: 96 Points
Vigna San Marcellino is both youthfully fresh and maturely complex. It includes a healthy dose of the deeply coloured Pugnitello grape, and both this and the Sangiovese saw long post-fermentation macerations of over 30 days in 2016. Liquorice, tarragon and broom interlace with exuberant plum and understated toasted nuances that are seductive. Laden with black cherry and rich, velvety tannins, the palate is creamy in texture, while underlying chalkiness and saline minerality lend energy, leading to a sappy, refreshing finish.
Vinous: 95 Points
The 2016 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigneto San Marcellino is a dense packed wine. Readers will have to be patient as the 2016 is an infant. Super-ripe blue/purplish fruit spice leather tobacco and menthol build in the glass. The 2016 is dense and opulent and yet the acids pulse with energy lending a feeling of translucence that becomes especially apparent on the finish. That combination makes for a com
Wine Spectator: 95 Points
#46 of Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2021 A meaty muscular version this red displays black cherry blackberry tar leather and iron aromas and flavors offering a beam of fruit within a tightly wound vibrant structure. Fine length. Sangiovese and Canaiolo. Best from 2024 through 2045. 1450 cases made 500 cases imported. ?BS
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