Community Tasting Note
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D. Fulton wrote: 77 points
February 5, 2015 - Truly dreadful stuff. Oak, oak, and more oak both on the nose and palate with a bizarrely inky texture far more evocative of a California Zinfandel than a well made Chianti Classico. Feels fat and flabby in the mouth with insufficient acidity. Very chalky tannins on the finish. Deep purple color that casts doubt on producer's claim of this wine being 100% Sangiovese. A truly bastardized wine epitomizing the very worst trends in modernist Italian winemaking.
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ManuKey commented:
2/17/15, 8:04 PM - 2 month ago i've drank a magnum of 2007 and it was a REAL delight!... Not over-oaked, good acidity, medium complexity, melted, long...
Maybe a stress due to transport, It's a brand new vintage... I don't know, but it's clearly not the same wine! -
D. Fulton commented:
2/22/15, 11:45 AM - I too had positive memories of previous vintages of this wine, and while it might have been suffering after transport to the UK, it's also possible that Fontodi has moved to a more internationalist style. It'll be interesting to read others' impressions of this vintage.