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The January 2022 Auction: Part 3
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"The 2016 L'Apparita, 100% Merlot, is a breathtaking, riveting wine that captures all the potential of the vintage. In this vintage, L'Apparita is especially silky and refined. Layered, perfumed and wonderfully nuanced, L'Apparita is simply epic. Lavender, mint, sage, spice, new leather and cloves develop with time, but more than anything else, L'Apparita is wonderfully complete and magnificently beautiful. These new releases from Castello di Ama are exceptional. A memorable edition of the flagship 100% Merlot L'Apparita caps things off in grand style. The 2017 growing season was marked by very hot temperatures in May and June, followed by rain at the end of June and into July. The compact harvest produced small, light bunches with very little juice. Lorenza Sebasti and Marco Pallanti found the conditions too challenging to bottle their flaship Bellavista and La Casuccia crus, so for 2017 the reds that will be released are the Ama and San Lorenzo Chianti Classicos, Haiku and L'Apparita. The much more benign and picture-perfect 2016 growing season produced some of the most majestic, viscerally thrilling wines I have ever tasted here. Don't miss them."
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"The 2016 L'Apparita, 100% Merlot, is a breathtaking, riveting wine that captures all the potential of the vintage. In this vintage, L'Apparita is especially silky and refined. Layered, perfumed and wonderfully nuanced, L'Apparita is simply epic. Lavender, mint, sage, spice, new leather and cloves develop with time, but more than anything else, L'Apparita is wonderfully complete and magnificently beautiful. These new releases from Castello di Ama are exceptional. A memorable edition of the flagship 100% Merlot L'Apparita caps things off in grand style. The 2017 growing season was marked by very hot temperatures in May and June, followed by rain at the end of June and into July. The compact harvest produced small, light bunches with very little juice. Lorenza Sebasti and Marco Pallanti found the conditions too challenging to bottle their flaship Bellavista and La Casuccia crus, so for 2017 the reds that will be released are the Ama and San Lorenzo Chianti Classicos, Haiku and L'Apparita. The much more benign and picture-perfect 2016 growing season produced some of the most majestic, viscerally thrilling wines I have ever tasted here. Don't miss them."
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Italy grows more indigenous grape varieties than any other country and produces wine in all 20 of its regions. From Piedmont's Nebbiolo to Tuscany's Sangiovese, its finest wines pair structure and bright acidity with a strong sense of place.
The heartland of Sangiovese, producing Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino and the Cabernet-influenced 'Super Tuscans' of the coast. Its wines balance bright acidity, savory structure and cellar-worthiness.
Produces plush, supple, fruit-forward reds with plum and chocolate notes. Softer and earlier-maturing than Cabernet, it adds flesh and roundness to blends and stars in Right Bank Bordeaux.