(4 customer reviews)

Fontodi Chianti Classico 2018

$43.95
  • WA 92
  • DEC 92
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2019
  • WS 93
  • WE 94
  • DEC 93
  • JS 93
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Winemaker Notes

The 2018 Fontodi Chianti Classico brilliantly shines in elegnce and purity. Hailing from the hills of Chianti, where the Sangiovese wines in recent vintages have been positively radiant.
At a meager ~$40, this is a show stopping winner with lots of juicy dark fruit and Italian charm packed in the basic Fontodi Chianti Classico.   Generous aromatics of black cherry, plum, lavender, dried herbs, graphite that lead to a fine and precise wine with notes of underbrush and leather.

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Weight 3.5 lbs
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Reviews (4)

4 reviews for Fontodi Chianti Classico 2018

  1. WA

    The organic 2018 Chianti Classico opens to a medium dark color and delivers a steady succession of bright berry and cherry aromas. This is a fresh and punchy wine that gives us a clean and a classic interpretation of this denomination. This wine, with 150,000 bottles produced, delivers on all the basics of Chianti Classico. It ages in oak for 18 months, with six of those months in French barrique.

  2. DEC

    Always excellent, this 100% Sangiovese finds such elegance in the hands of Fontodi, elevated further by a fantastic vintage. A sudden drop in temperature at harvest lent a sublime concentration to the grapes which shines in the glass with deep color and dark fruit. Polished oak rounds out the appeal, adding aromas of leather, tobacco and spice.

  3. GA

    The usual excellence in this single-varietal Sangiovese that discovers great elegance by Fontodi, being a step ahead thanks to a blessed vintage. The fresh nose displays red cherries and raspberry, with officinal scents from citrus thyme. The mouthfeel is backed by a nice acidity. Salty tannins. Firm and incisive. Persistent.

  4. VIN

    The 2018 Chianti Classico Fontodi marries the natural concentration of Panzano with the greater vibrancy and energy that are such signatures here in recent years. Dark cherry, plum, graphite, leather, licorice and mocha build effortlessly in the glass. Deep and pliant, with superb integrity and purity, the 2018 is a Rockstar wine and a real standout in its peer group, which is not that of all Chianti Classicos, but of the best wines in the entire appellation.

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Critical Acclaim

WA 92
Wine Advocate
The organic 2018 Chianti Classico opens to a medium dark color and delivers a steady succession of bright berry and cherry aromas. This is a fresh and punchy wine that gives us a clean and a classic interpretation of this denomination. This wine, with 150,000 bottles produced, delivers on all the basics of Chianti Classico. It ages in oak for 18 months, with six of those months in French barrique.
DEC 92
Decanter
Always excellent, this 100% Sangiovese finds such elegance in the hands of Fontodi, elevated further by a fantastic vintage. A sudden drop in temperature at harvest lent a sublime concentration to the grapes which shines in the glass with deep color and dark fruit. Polished oak rounds out the appeal, adding aromas of leather, tobacco and spice.

What does this wine taste like?


Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

leather, earthy, smoke

cherry, red fruit, red cherry

oak, tobacco, vanilla

apple, peach, stone fruit

plum, blackberry, black cherry

pepper, licorice, dried herbs

almond, toast, nutty

orange, citrus, orange zest

cheese, cream, banana

tomato, tomato leaf, hay

dried fruit, prune, fig

passion fruit

violet, perfume, lavender

Food that goes well with this wine

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