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• Score: 95 Vintage 2020 Vinous Media The 2020 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Pecchia is fabulous. A model for what Gran Selezione should be, the 2019 is deep, layered and marvelously complex. Crushed flowers, cinnamon, orange peel and rose petal lend an exotic flair. The 2019 is rich, but not at all heavy, with deftly used oak and superb balance. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 96 Vintage 2018 Wine Advocate Now upgraded to Gran Selezione status, with an especially heavy glass bottle to match, this wine represents a section of the best fruit from 32-year-old vines in a single plot found in Panzano in Chianti. The Gagliole 2018 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Pecchia shows rich concentration and a more austere personality that reflects the character of this vintage. There is plenty of black fruit, dried plum, spice and crushed stone. Pecchia offers wide shoulders and solid stricture. An extra year of aging has added to the textural intensity of this full-bodied red. Production is 3,059 bottles. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 95 Vintage 2018 James Suckling Deep and complex with dark berries, spiced plums, chocolate and rose petals. A little earthy and tarry, too. Full and complete with layers of super fine tannins and a deep core of fruit in the middle. Balanced and even. Long and concentrated. Better after 2025. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 97 Vintage 2016 Vinous Media The 2016 Pecchia is one of the best wines I have ever tasted from Gagliole, maybe the best. It possesses tremendous intensity in its aromatics and flavors, yet also remains incredibly refined. Black cherry, plum, leather, licorice and spice all build effortlessly. The 2016 spent 18 months in small French oak followed by a few months in stainless steel. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 96 Vintage 2016 Wine Advocate This wine was first produced in 1996 and represents a selection of organic Sangiovese from a high-elevation site (at around 500 meters above sea level) characterized by labor-intensive Pietraforte and sandstone soils that are only found on the upper ridges of Panzano. Fruit has been drawn from this site exclusively since 2013, and the wine will become a Chianti Classico Gran Selezione soon (although it was not produced in 2017). Fruit for the Gagliole 2016 Pecchia is fermented in barrique and aged for 18 months (in both second-use barrel and some stainless steel). It also rests in glass for two years. This is a gorgeous and extremely elegant wine, with a firm backbone and delicate layers of fruit and spice. A salty mineral note underlines the wine's freshness and brightness. The name Pecchia comes from honeybees that "poke" the berries looking for sugar. I think we can expect this wine to get even better now that the new winery is up and running. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 93 Vintage 2016 James Suckling Magazine Blackberries and toasted coconut on the nose. Violets, too. Medium-to full-bodied with creamy tannins that are polished and medium in density. Still needs to lose some of the new-wood barrel character but shows pleasing density and texture. Drink in a year or two. Try after 2023. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 96 Vintage 2015 James Suckling Magazine This is such an attractive wine that floats between fresh, dark licorice, crushed stones and riper elements of dried currants, dark chocolate, vanilla and resin. Tight and refined with real linearity, suggested by the taut acidity and succulent yet firm tannins. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 95 Vintage 2015 Wine Advocate This wine was not produced in 2014. The 2015 Pecchia sees fruit sourced from the estate's best Sangiovese planted at 500 meters above sea level. What stands out most here is the wine's texture, which is firm and tightly knit. That compact nature of the fruit bodes very well for the future aging potential of this wine that I expect will play forward for ten years or more. The wine shows muscle and power that is applied with broad brush strokes. Despite the evident depth and dimension on offer here, this wine remains a bit closed and shy at this young stage. Pecchia requires more patience. Only 2,500 bottles were made Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 92 Vintage 2015 Vinous Media The 2015 Pecchia is 100% Sangiovese from the highest portion of the estate's vineyards in Panzano. Fermentation in French oak adds volume, body and texture. Succulent black cherry, plum and lavender add nuance, but Pecchia is a wine that remains heavily marked by its fermentation in oak, which gives quite a bit of concentration and depth. The 2015 is a very good wine, but it is not especially varietal. Shelf Talker Full Page Review