Castello Di Brolio Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2011

Most Gran Selezione leaves me a bit cold. This, again, has too much oak. But it’s sexy oak. Does that help?

Luxurious oak. Cadbury Chocolate powder fills every corner. More than just oak, sure, and the tannins are fine. It’s classic, but the oak shades too much through nose and palate. Best drinking: It will get better and likely live twenty years. But all that artifice! 17.5/20, 91/100+. 14%, $70. Would I buy it? I don’t think I would.

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Andrew Graham
Almost 25 years ago I started working in a small bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. There, I met my first two loves - wine and craft beer, and they took over my life. Two decades later and I spend my days as a journalist, buyer, wine show judge, marketer and drinks industry consultant.

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