95 Points: "Sweet vanilla oak, chestnuts, blackberries and meaty characters mingle beautifully on the nose. The palate displays clean fruit, smooth tannins and an immaculate long finish. Polished and well made, with an old-school feel." – Decanter (December 2018)
92 Points: "Rich and lively, this
exudes cherry, strawberry, floral and woodsy aromas and flavors. Firm yet nicely proportioned, with a long, fruit- and tobacco-tinged aftertaste. Best from 2021 through 2036." – Bruce Sanderson, Wine Spectator (April 2019)
FROM THE WINERY
Chianti Classico DOCG This Chianti Classico contains all the salient features of the Castello di Albola vineyards. Sangiovese grapes are carefully picked and vinified in purity in the traditional style of the high hill areas in the most suitable area of Radda. The long aging in large Slavonian oak
barrels helps to underline its imperious personality, in which the important minerality, the freshness of the sip and the overall elegance stand out. Classification: Chianti Classico DOCG
Production area: Radda in Chianti, Chianti Classico
Grapes: 100% Sangiovese
Tasting notes Color: ruby red tending to garnet. Bouquet: Fine, with delicate hints of violet. Taste: harmonious, dry, with a good structure and velvety texture.
ABOUT CASTELLO DI ALBOLA
The medieval village of Castello di Albola stands on top of the splendid Chianti hills, in an incomparable place for the charm of history, for the suggestions of art and for the unique agro-landscape context and unsurpassed harmony.
Belonged to the most noble Tuscan families, from the Acciaioli to the Samminiati, from the Pazzi to the Ginori Conti, since 1979 it has been owned by the Zonin family, which has dedicated its best care to it for forty years. The first commitment of the Zonin family was to bring
the vineyards to a high quality production level, and then proceed with the arrangement of the farmhouses and the beautiful manor house which has a sixteenth-century plan, but retains the traces of the medieval castle in the two massive towers . Along with the recovery and restoration of the villa and the village, the rural artefacts that are now destined for accommodation have also been restored. The new cellar has been built perfectly harmonized in the surrounding landscape.
The Zonin family has also worked to expand both the vineyards and the farm, which now covers 900 hectares, of which over 125 are planted with vines and where more than 4 thousand olive trees stand out.
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