Fontodi 2016
Chianti Classico
Tuscany, Italy
Regular price£39.00
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OCC |
| ABV: 14.5% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2022 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2030 |
| Grapes: 100% Sangiovese | |
Critic scores
92+ RP, 94 VM, 94 JS, 17 JR, 94 GM
Critic reviews
"Fontodi's 2016 Chianti Classico is an expertly administered and measured wine that shows bright fruit intensity backed by Sangiovese's characteristic acidity, primary freshness and integrated structure. This wine is perfectly engineered to pair with Tuscan dishes such as pappardelle ribbon pasta with rabbit or wild boar ragù. The wine will not only cleanse the palate from those flavors, but it will enhance the savory flavors."
Monica Larner, July 2019, RobertParker.com
"The 2016 Chianti Classico Fontodi brings together all the elements that make the Fontodi wines so unique, but with an extra kick of freshness and aromatic intensity that is the result of a year with notable diurnal shifts during the growing season. Dark blue/purplish fruit, lavender, spice and menthol develop in the glass, but it is the wine's extraordinary balance and sheer appeal that stand out most. In time, 2016 may very well become the new benchmark for Fontodi's Chianti Classico. The 2016 is flat-out delicious. That's pretty much all there is to it."
Antonio Galloni, July 2019, Vinous.com
"Mid crimson. Powerful, perfumed nose with a flirty oak note and bags of aromatic marasca cherry fruit and muscular tannins on the palate. Great balance. Ageworthy."
Walter Speller, February 2019, JancisRobinson.com
Monica Larner, July 2019, RobertParker.com
"The 2016 Chianti Classico Fontodi brings together all the elements that make the Fontodi wines so unique, but with an extra kick of freshness and aromatic intensity that is the result of a year with notable diurnal shifts during the growing season. Dark blue/purplish fruit, lavender, spice and menthol develop in the glass, but it is the wine's extraordinary balance and sheer appeal that stand out most. In time, 2016 may very well become the new benchmark for Fontodi's Chianti Classico. The 2016 is flat-out delicious. That's pretty much all there is to it."
Antonio Galloni, July 2019, Vinous.com
"Mid crimson. Powerful, perfumed nose with a flirty oak note and bags of aromatic marasca cherry fruit and muscular tannins on the palate. Great balance. Ageworthy."
Walter Speller, February 2019, JancisRobinson.com