Mazzei, Castello di Fonterutoli Vicoregio 36 2021- Chianti Classico Gran Selezione

The wine has a medium-intensity ruby color. The nose offers tension, a tangy, and sappy hint in its notes of raspberry, red cherry, cranberry, and morello cherry, combined with notes of crushed blueberry, sap, pine needles, and wild mint. There is also a delicate but fragrant spiciness (liquorice, cardamom, white pepper, a touch of tonka bean), tangy dark chocolate, toasted almond, and coffee, as well as violet and lily. The palate is juicy, tangy, and chiseled. It expresses notes of red cherry, raspberry, crushed blueberry, and morello cherry, along with toasted (coffee, dark chocolate, toasted almond) and spicy (liquorice, vanilla) notes, a hint of nutmeg and tonka bean, complemented by herbal (dried wild mint, pine needles) and floral (lily) notes. The tannins are fine, tight, and sappy. Good acidity, good length, bitterness, and freshness.