Rating 95
Style Red
Variety
Vintage 2016
Appellation
Tuscany
Italy
ABV 15%
Price $56.00 Value Pick  Buy This Wine
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Reviewed 2022-11-01

Perfect For

All-Day Sipping, Dinner With The Parents, Wine And Cheese Night

Drink If You Like

Barbera, Nebbiolo , Sangiovese

Colle Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2016 Review

Since 2001, owners Daniele and Maria have run Terra di Seta along with their organic family farm on a hill in Siena overlooking the Tuscan countryside. This is the southernmost zone in the Classico region and the Seta family knows exactly how to coax a wonderful wine out of this warm, dry climate. This Gran Selezione is an elegant wine with a lithe tannic frame. There is a soft punch of dark berry fruit winding through its core which makes the palate is extremely balanced and smooth. It is a definitive wine that truly represents the area in which it was made.

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Colle Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2016
Since 2001, owners Daniele and Maria have run Terra di Seta along with their organic family farm on a hill in Siena overlooking the Tuscan countryside. This is the southernmost zone in the Classico region and the Seta family knows exactly how to coax a wonderful wine out of this warm, dry climate. This Gran Selezione is an elegant wine with a lithe tannic frame. There is a soft punch of dark berry fruit winding through its core which makes the palate is extremely balanced and smooth. It is a definitive wine that truly represents the area in which it was made.

Reviewed On: 11-01-2022
95
POINTS
Colle Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2016
Since 2001, owners Daniele and Maria have run Terra di Seta along with their organic family farm on a hill in Siena overlooking the Tuscan countryside. This is the southernmost zone in the Classico region and the Seta family knows exactly how to coax a wonderful wine out of this warm, dry climate. This Gran Selezione is an elegant wine with a lithe tannic frame. There is a soft punch of dark berry fruit winding through its core which makes the palate is extremely balanced and smooth. It is a definitive wine that truly represents the area in which it was made.

Reviewed On: 11-01-2022