Collection: Highest-Ever Scored Castello di Ama San Lorenzo Gran Selezione - 99 points

Castello di Ama really are on a roll and we make no apologies for offering a third wine from them in as many weeks!  We are very pleased to recommend arguably the greatest hidden gem this storied estate has to offer: Chianti Classico Gran Selezione San Lorenzo 2021 which has received its highest-ever score with an epic 99 points from James Suckling.

San Lorenzo is a Gran Selezione, awarded only to a limited number of the very best Riservas across the region.  It typically represents the pinnacle of terroir and winemaking at each estate, coming only from estate-grown fruit and requiring a minimum 30 months ageing prior to release.
 
99-point wines for under £40 a bottle IB are pretty rare beasts and this comes with our highest recommendation.  The Wine Advocate’s Monica Larner, another fan, says encouragingly that “San Lorenzo is a generous wine, and it is a bottle you can enjoy in the medium or long term”, suggesting a drinking window of 2024-2040 – which means that when we ship later this year you can enjoy a case immediately and keep another one for a decade or two – perhaps taking the latter in magnums?

Photo by www.alessandromoggi.com for Castello di Ama