Fontodi Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna del Sorbo
| Vintage: | 2017 |
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| Description: | ($97) The Fontodi 2017 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna del Sorbo is expressive, dark and thickly concentrated. I received my samples early and found that this wine was a little shy or slow to open in this early phase. If given extra time, the bouquet warms up to dark fruit, plum, rum cake and dried violet. I came back to the wine about two hours later and discovered a pretty note of crushed aspirin or carbon, with more crushed flower. The oak adds sweet spice and scorched earth, but these too will integrate with time. From a hot and dry vintage, I'd easily give this edition of Vigna del Sorbo a 15- or 20-year drinking window Wine Advocate 94. The 2017 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna del Sorbo is a dense, packed wine. It is also surprisingly, almost shockingly backward. That is probably a good thing for its long-term aging prospects. Readers hoping to get an early glimpse into the 2017 before it shuts down may have a hard time doing that, as today acids and tannin dominate. I expect the 2017 will be stellar in another 4-5 years and drink well to age 25-30 if not longer. Proprietor Giovanni Manetti gave the 2017 18 months in barrique followed by 6 months in cask. Vinous Media 96+ |
| Price: | $ 89.00 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Vins Rare
| Address: |
1260 Lincoln Ave #300 Pasadena, CA 91103 United States |
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| Telephone (toll-free): | 818-500-8840 |
First added to 1000 Corks on March 15, 2023.
