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Chianti Classico Vigna del Sorbo Gran Selezione, Fontodi 2016

RegionItaly
Subregion Italy > Tuscany > Chianti
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyCabernet Sauvignon

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Tasting Notes

The 2016 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna del Sorbo is another benchmark wine from Tuscany that shows the incredible potential of this iconic vintage. This beautiful single-vineyard Sangiovese reveals a graceful side with dark fruit intensity, cherry, plum, fresh violets and tilled earth. Tar, tobacco and licorice appear as delicate background tones, giving more volume and texture to the wine's sensorial impact. Vigna del Sorbo shows its own precise identity that is fiercely faithful to Sangiovese, but that also pushes the boundaries to go beyond our highest expectations of the grape in terms of color, concentration, aromatic complexity and staying power. That's the Panzano magic in a nutshell. 2022-2050

98
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate, July 2019
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