{"id":71931,"date":"2025-08-28T11:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/?p=71931"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:17:11","slug":"kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"For the second time, Kerin O\u2019Keefe awards 100 points to a Gallo Nero wine: Gran Selezione Radda Bragantino 2021 by Monteraponi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chianti Classico once again shines on the international stage. The world-renowned wine critic\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerinokeefe.com\/\">Kerin O\u2019Keefe<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0has once again given the perfect score of\u00a0<strong>100\/100<\/strong>\u00a0to a Gallo Nero wine: the\u00a0<strong>Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Radda Bragantino 2021<\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0<strong>Monteraponi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the second time O\u2019Keefe has granted the maximum score to this wine, confirming the excellence of the&nbsp;<strong>Gran Selezione<\/strong>&nbsp;category as a benchmark within the denomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her review, O\u2019Keefe wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe 2021 Gran Selezione Radda Bragantino is a wine of staggering beauty and proves that Monteraponi is without a doubt one of the premier estates in Chianti Classico. A wine of great class, intensity and precision, it boasts aromas of lavender, pine forest, eucalyptus, baking spice and underbrush while the creamy, elegantly structured palate delivers layers of crushed raspberry, cherry tart, mint and white pepper before closing on Radda\u2019s trademark salty note. Firm, refined tannins and bright acidity keep it impeccably balanced. A compelling wine, and the best is yet to come. Drink 2030\u20132051.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chianti Classico once again shines on the international stage. The world-renowned wine critic\u00a0Kerin O\u2019Keefe\u00a0has once again given the perfect score of\u00a0100\/100\u00a0to a Gallo Nero wine: the\u00a0Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Radda Bragantino 2021\u00a0from\u00a0Monteraponi. This is the second time O\u2019Keefe has granted the maximum score to this wine, confirming the excellence of the&nbsp;Gran Selezione&nbsp;category as a benchmark [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":523,"featured_media":71928,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>For the second time, Kerin O\u2019Keefe awards 100 points to a Gallo Nero wine: Gran Selezione Radda Bragantino 2021 by Monteraponi - Chianti Classico<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gran Selezione Radda Bragantino 2021 by Monteraponi: 100 points from Kerin O\u2019Keefe, the second time a Gallo Nero wine achieves this.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"For the second time, Kerin O\u2019Keefe awards 100 points to a Gallo Nero wine: Gran Selezione Radda Bragantino 2021 by Monteraponi - Chianti Classico\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gran Selezione Radda Bragantino 2021 by Monteraponi: 100 points from Kerin O\u2019Keefe, the second time a Gallo Nero wine achieves this.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Chianti Classico\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-28T09:17:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kerin-OKeefe-1-1.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"702\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Erika\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Erika\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Erika\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fced084f28dc3b1e338a1df733a48248\"},\"headline\":\"For the second time, Kerin O\u2019Keefe awards 100 points to a Gallo Nero wine: Gran Selezione Radda Bragantino 2021 by Monteraponi\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-28T09:17:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-28T09:17:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/\"},\"wordCount\":188,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kerin-OKeefe-1-1.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/\",\"name\":\"For the second time, Kerin O\u2019Keefe awards 100 points to a Gallo Nero wine: Gran Selezione Radda Bragantino 2021 by Monteraponi - Chianti Classico\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kerin-OKeefe-1-1.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-28T09:17:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-28T09:17:11+00:00\",\"description\":\"Gran Selezione Radda Bragantino 2021 by Monteraponi: 100 points from Kerin O\u2019Keefe, the second time a Gallo Nero wine achieves this.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kerin-OKeefe-1-1.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kerin-OKeefe-1-1.jpeg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":702},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"For the second time, Kerin O\u2019Keefe awards 100 points to a Gallo Nero wine: Gran Selezione Radda Bragantino 2021 by Monteraponi\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Chianti Classico\",\"description\":\"Il primo territorio di vino\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Chianti Classico\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/logo-chianticlassico-1.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/logo-chianticlassico-1.svg\",\"caption\":\"Chianti Classico\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fced084f28dc3b1e338a1df733a48248\",\"name\":\"Erika\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771693932bd0bd2da5dbb331fd04dd79?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771693932bd0bd2da5dbb331fd04dd79?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Erika\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"For the second time, Kerin O\u2019Keefe awards 100 points to a Gallo Nero wine: Gran Selezione Radda Bragantino 2021 by Monteraponi - Chianti Classico","description":"Gran Selezione Radda Bragantino 2021 by Monteraponi: 100 points from Kerin O\u2019Keefe, the second time a Gallo Nero wine achieves this.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"For the second time, Kerin O\u2019Keefe awards 100 points to a Gallo Nero wine: Gran Selezione Radda Bragantino 2021 by Monteraponi - Chianti Classico","og_description":"Gran Selezione Radda Bragantino 2021 by Monteraponi: 100 points from Kerin O\u2019Keefe, the second time a Gallo Nero wine achieves this.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/","og_site_name":"Chianti Classico","article_published_time":"2025-08-28T09:17:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":702,"url":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kerin-OKeefe-1-1.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Erika","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Erika","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/"},"author":{"name":"Erika","@id":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fced084f28dc3b1e338a1df733a48248"},"headline":"For the second time, Kerin O\u2019Keefe awards 100 points to a Gallo Nero wine: Gran Selezione Radda Bragantino 2021 by Monteraponi","datePublished":"2025-08-28T09:17:11+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-28T09:17:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/"},"wordCount":188,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kerin-OKeefe-1-1.jpeg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/","url":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/","name":"For the second time, Kerin O\u2019Keefe awards 100 points to a Gallo Nero wine: Gran Selezione Radda Bragantino 2021 by Monteraponi - Chianti Classico","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kerin-OKeefe-1-1.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-08-28T09:17:11+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-28T09:17:11+00:00","description":"Gran Selezione Radda Bragantino 2021 by Monteraponi: 100 points from Kerin O\u2019Keefe, the second time a Gallo Nero wine achieves this.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kerin-OKeefe-1-1.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kerin-OKeefe-1-1.jpeg","width":640,"height":702},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/news-en\/kerin-o-keefe-perfect-score-to-a-gallo-nero-wine\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"For the second time, Kerin O\u2019Keefe awards 100 points to a Gallo Nero wine: Gran Selezione Radda Bragantino 2021 by Monteraponi"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/","name":"Chianti Classico","description":"Il primo territorio di vino","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Chianti Classico","url":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/logo-chianticlassico-1.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/logo-chianticlassico-1.svg","caption":"Chianti Classico"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/fced084f28dc3b1e338a1df733a48248","name":"Erika","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771693932bd0bd2da5dbb331fd04dd79?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771693932bd0bd2da5dbb331fd04dd79?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Erika"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71931"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/523"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71932,"href":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71931\/revisions\/71932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chianticlassico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}