VINOUS 98 POINTS - "The 2021 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigneto Bellavista is a stunner. Dense, powerful and forbidding, in classic Bellavista style, the 2021 packs an immense punch. It is also a very potent wine. All of the Bellavista signatures are present, but they are nearly buried by the sheer intensity of the fruit. Graphite, sage, crushed rocks, lavender, mint and dried herbs all play off a core of cool, dark-toned fruit. The 2021 is a bruiser—a beautiful, vivid bruiser. I can't wait to see how it ages. " - Antonio Galloni
KERIN O'KEEFE 98 POINTs - "The 2021 Gran Selezione Vigneto Bellavista is another extraordinarily beautiful wine from Castello di Ama. A blend of 80% Sangiovese and 20% Malvasia Nera, it delivers sensations of raspberry compote, fragrant blue flower, dark spice and vanilla with elegance, structure and intensity. Still youthfully austere, it has firm, well-integrated tannins and vibrant acidity that lend it a serious aging potential. Drink 2028–2041. Abv: 13.5% Kerin O'Keefe August 2025 ©kerinokeefe.com"
The Bellavista vineyard comprises 22.82 hectares, planted part in 1974 and 1978 (ca. 9.31 hectares), while the remaining 13.51 hectares were planted between 2006 and 2008; the elevation varies from 530 metres, in the area known as Bellaria, and 456 metres, for Campinuovi. The soils are predominantly clay, with abundant pebble-gravel component. 16.34 hectares are vertically-trained to the single Guyot system, and the remaining 6.48 hectares are trained to the open lyre configuration. The first release of this much-prized selection was in 1978; it is produced only in the finest growing years, in very limited quantity.
KERIN O'KEEFE 98 POINTs - "The 2021 Gran Selezione Vigneto Bellavista is another extraordinarily beautiful wine from Castello di Ama. A blend of 80% Sangiovese and 20% Malvasia Nera, it delivers sensations of raspberry compote, fragrant blue flower, dark spice and vanilla with elegance, structure and intensity. Still youthfully austere, it has firm, well-integrated tannins and vibrant acidity that lend it a serious aging potential. Drink 2028–2041. Abv: 13.5% Kerin O'Keefe August 2025 ©kerinokeefe.com"
The Bellavista vineyard comprises 22.82 hectares, planted part in 1974 and 1978 (ca. 9.31 hectares), while the remaining 13.51 hectares were planted between 2006 and 2008; the elevation varies from 530 metres, in the area known as Bellaria, and 456 metres, for Campinuovi. The soils are predominantly clay, with abundant pebble-gravel component. 16.34 hectares are vertically-trained to the single Guyot system, and the remaining 6.48 hectares are trained to the open lyre configuration. The first release of this much-prized selection was in 1978; it is produced only in the finest growing years, in very limited quantity.
