Pinot Nero Case Via 2014 Toscana IGT - Fontodi

Pinot Nero Case Via 2014 – Fontodi

Fontodi, at Panzano in Chianti, is one of the benchmark names of Chianti Classico, run by Giovanni Manetti and famous for Flaccianello. Alongside Sangiovese, the estate grows a small plot of Pinot Noir in the west-facing Case Via vineyard: just a few thousand bottles are made, a rarity in Tuscany.

Fermentation is spontaneous with native yeasts, and the wine then ages at length in French oak barriques. The vines are farmed organically, like the whole estate.

2014 was a cool, rainy vintage that in Tuscany rewarded finesse over power, and Pinot Noir benefited from it. Over ten years on, the wine shows red fruit, rose petals, light spice and undergrowth, with a taut palate and fine tannins. With pigeon, guinea fowl, mushroom tagliatelle or truffle.

At a glance: Pinot Noir 100% · 14% ABV · 0.75 l · Fontodi, Panzano in Chianti (FI)