The estate’s flagship Chianti Classico, the 2005 Castello di Fonterutoli, is a fine example of modern-styled Chianti. This blend of 90% Sangiovese and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon spent 18 months in French oak. Gorgeous, inviting aromas lead to a dark, brooding expression of ripe fruit laced with toasted oak, wild herbs and smoke, all of which emerge from the glass with air. There is beautiful balance here. The use of oak is deftly woven into the wine’s fabric, something I haven’t always been able to say about the Fonterutoli wines, and this Chianti offers notable plumpness for the vintage. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2019.
Proprietor Filippo Mazzei and consulting oenologist Carlo Ferrini were thrilled with their young wines when I visited Fonterutoli just after the 2006 harvest. The wines we tasted from tank were indeed quite promising, and now the first of these is coming onto the market. The estate has also done very well with its 2005s.
Importer: Palm Bay International, Boca Raton, FL; tel. (561) 362-9642
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