Tolaini – CC Gran Selezione
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Italy
Tuscany
Wine
Red
The Facts
UPCs
- 2020 (750ml) - 8 032853 380345
- 2019 (750ml) - 8 032853 380345
Origins Italy > Tuscany > Chianti
Appellation Chianti Classico
Varietal Sangiovese
Cepage 100% Sangiovese
Winemaking Temperature controlled fermentation in cask with 20 days of skin contact & remontage every 8 hours; extended maceration
Aging 18 mo in cask, 6 mo in steel, 6 mo in bottle
Annual Production 1,100 cases
Markets California
Trade and Media
The Character
Overall Sensual & elegant
Aromas Cherry, tobacco and leather with licorice & spice
Mouthfeel Undeniable structure & power
Tasting Notes This is a sensual wine with notes of cherry fruit, tobacco, leather and hints of licorice and spice. The elegant tannins balance nicely with the fruit, all underlined by a fabulous stratum of acidity, making this a complex wine with incontestable structure and power. A long and satisfying finish confirms this Sangiovese is true to its terroir.
Awards
- 2020 - 95pts Robert Parker, 93pts Vinous, 93pts James Suckling
- 2019 - 94pts Robert Parker, 93pts James Suckling, 92pts Wine Spectator, 92pts Jeb Dunnuck
Sustainability
- 2020 - Green Practicing, Natural Fermentation
- 2019 - Green Practicing, Natural Fermentation
The Story
The heart of Tuscany is Chianti Classico and its soul is Sangiovese. When the Tolaini team of enologists discovered that the spectacular clay and galestro soil, slope and exposition of Tolaini Montebello vineyard number 7 produced impeccable Sangiovese: pure in spirit, and transcendent in quality, their mandate became clear: to create a single vineyard 100% Sangiovese, Chianti Classico Riserva. The splendid 2008 harvest was the first vintage of the Tolaini Chianti Classico Riserva and with the 2010 vintage the Riserva was replaced with the Tolaini Chianti Classico Gran Selezione. Produced solely in the best vintages, Gran Selezione is a single vineyard wine; the 100% Sangiovese estate fruit is born in Tolaini's organically farmed Montebello Vineyard "numero sette".
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About Tolaini
Producer Story
Pier Luigi Tolaini, a native of Tuscany, immigrated to Canada in 1956. He planned to work for a few years, make some money, then go back home, buy a farm, marry his high school sweetheart and make some good wine. It took Pier Luigi 45 years before he returned with a clear vision of the high quality wine he wanted to make: one of Italy's best, no less. In 1998 he returned to his native land and purchased some of the best land in the region of Chianti Classico in the noted commune of Castelnuovo Berardenga.
Producer Story
Pier Luigi Tolaini, a native of Tuscany, immigrated to Canada in 1956. He planned to work for a few years, make some money, then go back home, buy a farm, marry his high school sweetheart and make some good wine. It took Pier Luigi 45 years before he returned with a clear vision of the high quality wine he wanted to make: one of Italy's best, no less. In 1998 he returned to his native land and purchased some of the best land in the region of Chianti Classico in the noted commune of Castelnuovo Berardenga.
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