In Bond Fine Wine. 2019 Fontodi Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna Del Sorbo, Vigna Del Sorbo, Tuscany, Italy. Red italy - tuscany in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 97/100 (ML). Drinking window: 2024–2050. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Decanter (DEC) — 97/100 · Decanter.com, 21/03/2022 · Drink 2026-2042
At an elevation of 400 metres, Vigna del Sorbo boasts Chianti Classico's classic Galestro soil. The warm southwest-facing vineyard typically yields a powerful, intense wine in need of ageing. The 2019 demonstrates all the wild, penetrating characteristics of this site but it comes into harmony quickly, revealing its balance and precision. Wood-driven top notes of smoke and vanilla meld into press…
Antonio Galloni (AG) — 95/100 · Vinous, 19/07/2022 · Drink 2025-2044
The 2019 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna del Sorbo is a potent, virile wine endowed with tremendous depth and equally imposing tannins. A blast of dark fruit, herbs, chocolate, menthol and spice races out of the glass. Large-scaled tannins and hints of rusticity suggest the 2019 won't be one of the most finessed Sorbos, but it is a fine effort for the year.
James Suckling (JS) — 95/100 · JamesSuckling.com, 18/07/2022
Complex aromas of dried flowers, orange peel and white pepper, together with lots of cherries. Full-bodied, but linear and very fine in the center-palate, with a linear flow of citrusy acidity. From organically grown grapes. This will age beautifully, but it's already impressive to taste.