Castello di Gabbiano, Chianti Classico

Really a big fan, may prefer to my current favorite (the Cabs)

2011 vintage

shit

2011 vintage

good balanced chianti. 2hrs until it opens up well.

2011 vintage

If you like Chianti this is a no brainer for mid week pizza or spaghetti night. Better than adequate.

2011 vintage

Just good!

2011 vintage

Not as good as first but still tasty on food or alone.

2011 vintage

Savoury, gamey

2011 vintage

At $6.29 this is a case buy quaffer.

2011 vintage

Smooth, drinkable, not much fruit, lots of oak.

2011 vintage

Dessvärre blivit för gammal med utfällningar som resultat.

2003 vintage

Rustic. Flavor profile biases wood, leather, and straw. Not much acidity or bright fruit flavors. Would be a good wine for pairing with stews, roasts, or root vegetables, not to mention meat based tomato sauces.

2011 vintage

Drank this a long time ago. Can't remember details but did enjoy this. So giving it an 88+

2011 vintage

Fresh dark cherries and raspberries on the nose and palate. A bit taut initially but opened up nicely over a couple of hours to reveal richer ripe fruit, leather, and a touch of meat. Nice acidity and tannins in the finish to balance the ripe rich fruit. Great food wine

2011 vintage

Bigger style Chianti Classico. Rustic, but elegant, went very well with stew. Excellent.

2011 vintage

Day 2 - color: light garnet; nose: faint fruity oak; taste: medium-bodied mouth feel, rounded plum fruit taste, medium-length slightly-tannic finish and notes of pepper and tobacco; overall: soft-spoken but interesting, decent, and easy-to-like Old World juice which should pair well with red-sauced pasta, pizza, baked or grilled chicken, etc. Ready to drink now (Fall 2015). Good QPR ($12/bottle) and worth buying again!

2011 vintage

Dull

2011 vintage

Savoury leather, very dark cherry, raspberry puree. Good with food.

2011 vintage

Dark cherries and raspberries on the nose, medium body and tannins.

2011 vintage

Very full body, somewhat tannic. Seems well-balanced, but probably could have used more time in the air: it had a stringent acidic finish throughout.

2011 vintage

Gentle decant at 55 deg. F. Medium-intensity ruby robe with no sediment evident. Gentle decant. Gross nose right out of the bottle (yeasty, disjointed fruit, etc.), but that took on a floral balsamic quality with in about half an hour. Let this open up a bit and you're good to go. It retains some of the floral qualities on the palate, but also shows good dark fruit on the midpalate through the finish. Firmly structured at this point, with grippy …

2011 vintage

Traditional tastes and well suited for traditional foods such as penne with Sicilian tomato sauce - a good partner.

2011 vintage

Muted floral and herbal bouquet, smooth taste with a medium body, and a little tannin on a dry finish, not complex but it was nice with a red sauce pasta dinner.

2011 vintage

Medium body. Light alcohol at 13%. Fresh raspberry nose with a touch of vanilla. Red fruit flavors. Soft tannins with nice acidity and balance. Traditional Italian table wine. Great value! Drink now.

2011 vintage

Nice traditional version of Chianti Classico. Bright tart cherry and raspberry with nicely integrated oak. Velvet mouthfeel. This one is mellow compared to their reserve version and perhaps friendly to a wider range of table fare. Found this thoroughly enjoyable and would buy again to accompany any Italian style meal.

2011 vintage

Russk. Gambero Rosso Event

2011 vintage

Pretty "hard", but it does have traditional chianti flavors. A lot of wine for less than $10.00, but you need some spice to standup to it.

2011 vintage

Not a great drinker here. Big cherry nose with touch of floral and dark chocolate. Start is weak almost watery. Raspberry and a dry leafy taste. Tannins are high and leave a lingering unpleasant taste of that leafy flavor with possibly black pepper. Poured it out after glass.

2011 vintage

Light nose, light color, light body, and a lot of acidity. Drink this wine with food. The first glass was almost undrinkable, but then when paired with the freshly shot mallard breast it somewhat shined....not bad for the price.

2011 vintage

Medium dark ruby color; appealing, lifted, roasted cherry, tart red berry, tart raspberry puree nose; very tart cherry, tart raspberry puree, mineral palate with medium acidity; could use 2 years; medium-plus finish (100% Sangiovese; 14% alcohol) 90+ points

2011 vintage

very smooth chianti after it opens after an hour

2011 vintage

Nose of raspberry and red hots. Starts with vegetable/grass, then the fruit comes out with strawberry and lime. The dry lime lingers. Typical chianti acidity.

2011 vintage

Medium(-) ruby, narrow irregular tears. Medium developing aromas of cherries, mocha, new wood, leather. Dry, medium(+)-high acidity, medium(-) dry tannin, medium body and medium(+) alcohol. Medium, flavors of cherries, red berries, leather, mocha. Tightly structured with balance more on acidity side. Good length with complex spicy-puckering finish. With grilled organic meat this worked really well.

2011 vintage

This apparently still has the white wine varieties blended into it. Its very fresh, kinda fun, somewhat easy going. Works at $12. Or rather, that is the Rosso. Here, with the CC is a much more structured, powerful effort. 1 or 2% merlot in the blend. Fairly austere and grippy, a "certain elegance" I am being told. And that is fairly true.

2011 vintage

Dinner at Otto Ristorante (Otto Ristorante) : Consistent with my tasting at the Castello few months ago while in Tuscany. Fresh fruity Tuscan nose. Bright raspberries and puckery tannins on the palate. Much better with food than sipping. With more air, sour cherries finally appeared. Average Chianti Classico, I have had much better.

2011 vintage

Drank at Castello di Selvole Very young and fresh but has a lot of life in it. Need to come back to this in a couple of years.

2011 vintage

Toast, sulphur, slight tomato leaf, cream and cherry. In the mouth medium minus acid, medium plus tannin but that is smooth and ripe, slight cherry fruit. Great structure and big mouth feel. Savoury and ripe.

2011 vintage

hard to get any distinct nose, very light fruit but heavy on the wood. Opened up a bit over time, but still difficult to decipher. Overall a basic Chianti that probably should have been consumed a year or so ago.

2003 vintage

Lacking fruit and decidely heavy on the oak. Nothing to see here people, please keep moving along.

2003 vintage

Tight nose and flavors, barely got cherry, chocolate, and wet rock. Would be much better with food.

2003 vintage

light to med bodied; reticent cherry fruit; enough acidity to cut through red sauce with meat balls

2003 vintage

Tasted flat after getting through the harsh tannins. Tannins improved on day 2 but flavor never appeared.

2003 vintage

Decent every day Chianti.

2003 vintage

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