Fontodi Chianti Classico Terrazze San Leolino Gran Selezione 2020
6x75cl £ 378 2 cases available In Bond

Region

Italy > Tuscany > Chianti Classico

Producer

Fontodi

Grape

Type

Red - Still

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Score


Fontodi Chianti Classico Terrazze San Leolino Gran Selezione
· 2020·

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Tasting notes

Robert Parker
Tasted: 23/09/2023
Drink: 2023-2040


The Fontodi 2020 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Terrazze San Leonlino (a certified organic wine) is a new addition to this exciting portfolio, now in its second vintage. With fruit from the upper part of the Conca d'Oro of Panzano, this wine shows a more robust and powerful personality with a strong 15% alcohol content. It ages in barrique and botte for 24 months. The bouquet...

...is rich with cherry liqueur, blackberry kirsch and dried plum. There is more fruit weight here and you taste the ripeness in the grape skins. The wine has an almost carbonic quality that reminds me of cherry cola, and it ends on a sweet note with soft tannins. Only 5,000 bottles were made.


 

James Suckling
Tasted: 01/08/2023
Drink:


Aromas of ripe cherries, bark, wet earth, and spice follow through to a full body with chewy and velvety tannins that are buttressed with some juicy acidity that gives complexity and focus to the wine. From organically grown grapes.