Fonterutoli 2013 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG - Mazzei

Castello Fonterutoli 2013 – Mazzei

The Mazzei family has been making wine at Fonterutoli, a medieval hamlet between Siena and Castellina in Chianti, since 1435. An ancestor, the notary Ser Lapo Mazzei, signed in 1398 the oldest known document to use the name Chianti for a wine. Castello Fonterutoli is their Gran Selezione, the wine that stands for the estate.

It comes from a selection of parcels on alberese and galestro soils, mostly Sangiovese with a small addition of Malvasia Nera and Colorino, two historic Chianti grapes. The family has spent years working with dozens of different Sangiovese biotypes selected in its own vineyards. The wine ages in wood before release, in a modern style firmly rooted in its territory.

2013, a cool, late vintage in Chianti Classico, gave elegant, long-lived wines. Today it shows ripe cherry, plum, sweet spice, herbs and first hints of leather and tobacco, with tannins now well integrated. With roasts, game, steak or hard cheeses.

At a glance: Sangiovese 92%, Malvasia nera & colorino 8% · 14% ABV · 0.75 l · Mazzei, Castellina in Chianti (SI)