Castello di Ama CASTELLO DI AMA L’APPARITA 2021

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100 points Antonio Galloni (Vinous): “The 2021 L’Apparita is sublime. A wine of compelling inner perfume and exotic richness, the 2021 is shaping up to be one of the great L’Apparitas. Inky dark fruit, espresso, licorice, lavender and crushed rocks abound in a towering, statuesque wine that will absolutely thrill those lucky enough to own it. It perfectly embodies all the greatest qualities of this historic vintage. Drink: 2027-2046. (Jul 2024)”

Castello di Ama L’Apparita was the first pure Merlot produced in Tuscany. A cult wine since the first vintage, 1985. Positioned at the top of the Bellavista vineyard, at an altitude of 490 meters above sea level, are the small parcels that make up the L’Apparita vineyard for a total of 3.84 hectares. Planted in 1975 with Canaiolo and Malvasia Bianca, they were regrafted between 1982 and 1985 with Merlot, with clone 342. The open lyre training system and the particularly clay-rich soil make this small cru a jewel of the world enology.

Castello di Ama is located in the central-southeastern side of the Chianti Classico area, in the municipality of Gaiole in Chianti, where the soils are rich in limestone, rocky, loose and Mediterranean scrub abounds. The vineyards are among the highest in the denomination at an average altitude of about 500 m above sea level and were already highly regarded by the Grand Duke Leopold0 of Habsburg at the end of the 1700s. Ama is a small village with a bucolic character, of great charm, enriched starting from 2000 by valuable art installations created by internationally renowned artists who have let themselves be inspired by this place. The recent history of Castello di Ama owes its fortunes to the couple Lorenza Sebasti and Marco Pallanti who with passion and determination have launched this Chianti reality into the Olympus of Italian wine brands. The concepts of Cru and Terroir, so fashionable today, have been at home in Castello di Ama since 1982 when the first Vineyard Selections came out and if Chianti Classico has taken off its reputation as a simple wine incapable of good aging, much is also due to the work of this winery which has always sought uncompromising quality.