In Bond Fine Wine. 2017 Fontodi Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna Del Sorbo, Vigna Del Sorbo, Tuscany, Italy. Red italy - tuscany in 6x75cl. Drinking window: 2022+. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Monica Larner (ML) — 94/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 13/08/2020 · Drink 2022-2040
The Fontodi 2017 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna del Sorbo is expressive, dark and thickly concentrated. I received my samples early and found that this wine was a little shy or slow to open in this early phase. If given extra time, the bouquet warms up to dark fruit, plum, rum cake and dried violet. I came back to the wine about two hours later and discovered a pretty note of crushed aspir…
James Suckling (JS) — 95/100 · JamesSuckling.com, 13/05/2020 · Drink 2022+
Powerful, tight red with currant and plum character. Hints of new wood and bark. Full-bodied with dark berries and hints of dark chocolate, as well as other dark fruit. Flavorful finish. Solid. Needs time to open. Better after 2022.
Antonio Galloni (AG) — 96/100 · Vinous, 01/09/2020 · Drink 2027-2042
The 2017 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna del Sorbo is a dense, packed wine. It is also surprisingly, almost shockingly backward. That is probably a good thing for its long-term aging prospects. Readers hoping to get an early glimpse into the 2017 before it shuts down may have a hard time doing that, as today acids and tannin dominate. I expect the 2017 will be stellar in another 4-5 years a…