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2015

Fontodi Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna del Sorbo

Tasted 14 November 2022 Chianti · Classico DOCG Flawed bottle

Just enough sherry and funk notes to bury any chance of fruit expression. Calling it flawed.

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2015

Fontodi Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna del Sorbo

Chianti · Classico DOCG

Second bottle (first one was flawed). This bottle was dry, dry, dry, dry... Ya, I know... Italy and all. But the dusty cedar-driven frame really made for an imposing barrier for the fruit to make any…

Reviewed 14 November 2022
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Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve Colli della Toscana Centrale IGT

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Well... I gotta keep it real ya'll. Here I was all ready to seek out more of these as soon as I was gonna give this bottle a spin tonight, and wouldn't cha know it... This thing was stricter than a…

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Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve Colli della Toscana Centrale IGT

Tuscany · Colli della Toscana Centrale IGT

Even more filled-out than my previous bottle last year, the 2015 was rocking-out all sorts of dark berry and dusty spice goodness. A double decant with a double filtering of sediment (to which there…

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