Community Tasting Note

Eckie wrote:

Friday, August 14, 2009 - After my first disappointment with this wine a year ago, I decided to try my luck and open another. Knowing this wine is not very inviting upfront I decanted for 4 hours. Things had definitely improved. It now actually is a pleasant Chianti, with nice structure, good acidity and a decent finish. However, if there is anyone out there who likes fruit in his/her wine: do not buy this wine. I find it quite stunning it's from the outstanding and very fruit-forward 2006 vintage. Somehow Felsina managed to make the fruit almost completely disappear. Maybe it went to the 2006 Rancia?? ;-) Felsina was awarded winery of the year honours by Gambero Rosso in 2009. Clearly an outstanding producer, I beg to differ however. I have tasted many wines in Tuscany from the most recent vintages, and to me one winery stands out: Fontodi. Its Chianti Classico 2006 is 3-4 points better than Felsina and its flagship Flaccianello seems to be almost perfect. Do yourself a favour and find one of his 2006 wines.

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