Castello di Ama Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigneto La Casuccia 2019 (750ML)

100 VM / 97 WA / 97 FS / 96 WS / 95 JS

The 2019 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigneto La Casuccia is stunning. What a wine! In this vintage, the aromatics are huge and expansive, a theme that comes through on the palate as well. Cedar, tobacco, dried leaves, incense and blood orange all race out of the glass. The 2019 is mind-blowing in its intensity, pedigree and overall balance. It's the wine of the vintage in Chianti Classico. -Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media

The 2019 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigneto la Casuccia is a wine of intensity, volume and power. Yet it also shows impeccable balance thanks to the deft hands of the estate winemaking team. I find this edition of la Casuccia, with fruit from a steep vineyard that faces the Castello, to be especially full and rich. Fruit weight and concentration is indeed a characteristic of this classic growing season, and this wine wears it well. You are treated to plenty of blackberry, spice, tobacco and grilled herb.-Monica Larner, Wine Advocate

Brilliant dark ruby red. Rich cherry fruit on the nose, interwoven with blackberries and wild berries, fine notes of undergrowth, plus a hint of mint and malt. Tightly integrated palate, elegantly spans the tongue, great juiciness at the back, fine spice on the finish, powerful, will mature magnificently.-Falstaff

Packed with succulent flavors of plum, blackberry and black cherry, this broad red is supported by a dense, burly structure that should allow it to evolve nicely over the next two decades. Reveals iron, earth, eucalyptus and tobacco accents on the finish. All the elements are there, this just needs time. Sangiovese and Merlot. Best from 2026 through 2045. 488 cases made, 50 cases imported.-Bruce Sanderson, Wine Spectator

Cool blueberry aromas with purple fruit and an inky highlight. Black licorice as well. Full-bodied with firm and racy tannins that are polished yet structured. Fairly tight and closed right now. It needs time to open and soften with bottle age. Try after 2025.-James Suckling