Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Castello Fonterutoli 2020 Mazzei

Professional reviews

Robert Parker (94)

Made with 100% Sangiovese (six Sangiovese clones plus eight massal selections of the same grape), the Mazzei 2020 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Castello Fonterutoli offers rich texture, lots of dark fruit and an overall oak-driven approach. It ages in 500-liter French barrel for 18 months (with 50% new oak) and then rests in cement for four months. It finishes softly with cinnamon, baking spice and a sweet note of white chocolate. Indeed, the modern winery at Castello di Fonterutoli boasts an enormous underground cellar with all the latest technology. Fruit comes from the vines in Fonterutoli, and 56,600 bottles are hitting the market now.

James Suckling (95)

Attractive aromas of red plums, dried cranberries, spiced citrus peel, red spices and bark. Medium- to full-bodied, broad and structured with ripe and well-integrated tannins and succulent fruit. Tense. Shows notes of rose petals with crushed rock minerality. Lingering and vivid finish.

Falstaff (95)

Bright ruby red with subtle lightening rim. Fragrant and clear nose, fresh cherries, shrub-ripe raspberries, plus light savouriness, precious wood, sealing wax. With expressive fruit on the palate, juicy tannin and harmonious drinking flow, clean, precise, with pleasant length.