Castello di Gabbiano
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Castello di Gabbiano 2006 Alleanza Red (Toscana)
- $35
Alleanza represents a successful collaboration between winemakers in Italy and California. The 70-30 blend consists of Merlot and Sangiovese and the wine is seductively redolent of wild berries, exotic spice, soft chocolate and mild tobacco. The plush mouthfeel wins points thanks to the smooth and silky nature of the finish.
— M.L.
(12/15/2010)
Castello di Gabbiano 2007 Alleanza Red (Toscana)
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- $35
Alleanza (a blend of Merlot, Sangiovese with a touch of Cabernet Sauvignon) is a dark, brooding wine with loads of ripe fruit and spice lavished over a velvety, rich mouthfeel. There’s loads of concentration here; the wine is best paired with aged cheese.
— M.L.
(2/1/2012)
Castello di Gabbiano 2008 Alleanza Red (Toscana)
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- $35
Alleanza is a Merlot-based wine with small portions of Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon. It opens with bright cherry flavors backed by delicate shadings of dry mineral, exotic spice and natural rubber. It’s deep and penetrating and should age 3–5 more years.
— M.L.
(2/1/2012)
Castello di Gabbiano 2006 Bellezza Sangiovese Grosso (Toscana)
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- $35
Bellezza is indeed a beautiful expression of Sangiovese (aged in oak) that peels back layer after layer with cherry, spice, leather and tobacco aromas. The fruit-driven finish is long, smooth and satisfying.
— M.L.
(4/1/2011)
Castello di Gabbiano 2008 Bellezza Sangiovese (Chianti Classico)
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- $30
Bellezza is now labeled Chianti Classico (through 2007 it was labeled only as Toscana), based on Sangiovese grapes that deliver aromas of cherry, toasted almond, chocolate, rum cake and exotic spice. The wine is long, fresh and intense in the mouth and would pair well with steak and grilled porcini mushrooms.
— M.L.
(2/1/2012)
Castello di Gabbiano 2009 Bellezza Riserva Sangiovese (Chianti Classico)
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- $30
With fruit selected from a single-vineyard site, this riserva does a nice job of portraying a fresh cherry flavor within an elaborate framework of oak spice, leather and tobacco notes. The wine is propped up by tight wood-derived tannins, which gives it a firm structure. It could use a few more years of cellar aging
— M.L.
(4/1/2013)
Castello di Gabbiano 2004 Alleanza Red (Toscana)
- Editors' Choice
- $35
Alleanza is a winemaking venture between Giancarlo Roman and Napa’s Ed Sbragia (formerly of Beringer). Their combined efforts have produced a rich, modern wine bursting with cherry, blackberry, plum, oak, vanilla and exotic spice.
— M.L.
(4/1/2008)
Castello di Gabbiano 1999 Riserva Sangiovese (Chianti Classico)
- $17
Nice young Chianti with lots of black cherry fruit and brisk, sour acids that make your cheeks pucker. The wine is dry and balanced, and cries out for rich, decadent Italian food. —S.H.
— S.H.
(12/31/2002)
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