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1. 1. Wine | Mead On Wine by Jerry D. Mead | best wine buy of the week |great job

   wines.com/winepress/mead/mowk- - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/25/2006   Last Visited: 7/25/2006

   Our protagonist, one Aaron Pott, makes wine at Vina Tarapaca in Chile in the spring and is consulting winemaker at Rivefort de France in Provence and to Campanile in Friuli and Castello Gabbiano in Tuscany, both in Italy.
   
   Born into a wine drinking family in Eugene, Oregon, Pott earned his enology degree at U.C. Davis, and later did graduate work at University of Burgundy.
   
   Bacchus has smiled on Pott from the start.
   ...
   Gabbiano 1997 Chianti ($11) A traditional blend for Chianti, dominated by Sangiovese with small percentages of two other local red grapes and 5 percent of Trebbiano, a white grape used for body and to enhance aromatics. Deep red raspberry flavors with subtle notes of tar and earthiness. Tart acidity makes it ideal for cutting through heavily spiced, tomato-based sauces and will handle all the garlic and onion you can throw at it. A sold "Best Buy." Rating: 86/92
   
   Castello Gabbiano 1994 Chianti Classico Riserva ($17) Aged two years in oak casks, the fruit comes from hillside vineyards, dry-farmed in lean soil that yields intense and concentrated fruit. There are no white grapes in the Riserva. The flavors remain in the raspberry range, but deeper and darker, more like black raspberry. Very long finish. Rating: 89/89
   
   Castello Gabbiano 1993 Chianti Classico Riserva ($24) This wine should really be labeled "Super Riserva" or some such. It's more than just another year older.
   ...
   PerAnia 1993 ($30) Named for the youngest daughter of the owner of Gabbiano, this wine is 100 percent, single-vineyard, Sangiovese Grosso, from the estate's oldest vines, with the smallest yields and pretty obviously the deepest flavors. Very deeply colored, with intense flavors of black raspberry, ripe plum and nutmeg/vanilla spice. It was aged for 18 months in brand new French barrels. Rating: 92/87
   
   BEST BUY WINE OF THE WEEK
   
   Gabbiano 1996 Chianti Classico ($12) This wine combines the freshness and food affinity traits of the basic Chianti with many of the charms of the Riserva wines, especially as to fullness of body and ripeness of flavor. Very ripe raspberry and plum fruit with spicy notes from 18 months in wood and with less astringency than the basic Chianti.

2. 2. Wine | Mead On Wine by Jerry D. Mead | best wine buy of the week |great job

   www.wines.com/winepress/mead/m - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/6/2005   Last Visited: 8/6/2005

   Our protagonist, one Aaron Pott, makes wine at Vina Tarapaca in Chile in the spring and is consulting winemaker at Rivefort de France in Provence and to Campanile in Friuli and Castello Gabbiano in Tuscany, both in Italy.
   
   Born into a wine drinking family in Eugene, Oregon, Pott earned his enology degree at U.C. Davis, and later did graduate work at University of Burgundy.
   
   Bacchus has smiled on Pott from the start.
   ...
   Gabbiano 1997 Chianti ($11) A traditional blend for Chianti, dominated by Sangiovese with small percentages of two other local red grapes and 5 percent of Trebbiano, a white grape used for body and to enhance aromatics. Deep red raspberry flavors with subtle notes of tar and earthiness. Tart acidity makes it ideal for cutting through heavily spiced, tomato-based sauces and will handle all the garlic and onion you can throw at it. A sold "Best Buy." Rating: 86/92
   
   Castello Gabbiano 1994 Chianti Classico Riserva ($17) Aged two years in oak casks, the fruit comes from hillside vineyards, dry-farmed in lean soil that yields intense and concentrated fruit. There are no white grapes in the Riserva. The flavors remain in the raspberry range, but deeper and darker, more like black raspberry. Very long finish. Rating: 89/89
   
   Castello Gabbiano 1993 Chianti Classico Riserva ($24) This wine should really be labeled "Super Riserva" or some such. It's more than just another year older.
   ...
   PerAnia 1993 ($30) Named for the youngest daughter of the owner of Gabbiano, this wine is 100 percent, single-vineyard, Sangiovese Grosso, from the estate's oldest vines, with the smallest yields and pretty obviously the deepest flavors. Very deeply colored, with intense flavors of black raspberry, ripe plum and nutmeg/vanilla spice. It was aged for 18 months in brand new French barrels. Rating: 92/87
   
   BEST BUY WINE OF THE WEEK
   
   Gabbiano 1996 Chianti Classico ($12) This wine combines the freshness and food affinity traits of the basic Chianti with many of the charms of the Riserva wines, especially as to fullness of body and ripeness of flavor. Very ripe raspberry and plum fruit with spicy notes from 18 months in wood and with less astringency than the basic Chianti.