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2021 Fèlsina Fontalloro Toscana

2021 Fèlsina Fontalloro Toscana

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Kerin O'Keefe

Review Date: 09/2024

Alluring aromas of dark exotic spice, black-skinned berry, violet and juniper waft out of the glass on the gorgeous 2021 Fontalloro. Elegant and structured, the chiseled palate is incredibly focused, delivering ripe Morello cherry, cassis, star anise and cake spice alongside taut, fine-grained tannins. Bright acidity keeps it beautifully balanced and energized. While it’s tempting now, this is still in its infancy and needs time to fully develop so give it a few more years.

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Professional Reviews

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Wine Advocate

Review Date: 07/2024
The Fèlsina 2021 Fontalloro reveals an elegant bouquet with a streamlined character that delivers good intensity but never goes overboard. In fact, this vintage might be a little thinner than I remember past vintages being. But Sangiovese wears this slender style well and delivers lots of wild cherry and forest berry nuances along the way. You also get soft mineral tones and earthy iris root. This bottle should develop nicely with aging time in the cellar. (ML) 95+

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Wine Enthusiast

Review Date: 12/2024
The nose has classic, delicate aromas of cherries, wild strawberry, blood orange, top soil and sage. On the palate, darker berries and more cherries contrast with a deeply earthy, bitter bite of citrus pith, while lithe acid flows past unifying tannins that are precise, but with a chalky toothiness. (DC)

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James Suckling

Review Date: 04/2024
Bright and fresh with a lovely energy. Aromas of orange peel, chocolate, cherries and cedar follow through to a medium body, firm tannins and crisp acidity with a crunchy finish. Will age nicely but already delicious.
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Review Date: 05/2026
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Fontalloro is the absolute benchmark for 100% Sangiovese straddling the border of Chianti Classico and the Colli Senesi. In a rigidly structured, classic vintage like 2021, Fèlsina has delivered a wine of staggering tension and pure, unmanipulated power. It completely rejects the modern, polished Super Tuscan playbook. The aromatics are deeply savory and grounded. It leaps from the glass with a high-toned, intellectual mix of crushed alberese rock, dried tobacco leaf, and scorched earth, all tightly coiled around a fiercely "crunchy" core of tart red cherry and dried blood orange peel. On the palate, it is all vertical drive and nervous energy. Rather than expanding with fleshy, sweet mid-palate weight, it drills down with a razor-sharp spine of acidity and a mouthwatering saline snap. The tannins are monumental—dusty, demanding, and unapologetically traditional—building a strict structural cage that guarantees decades of life in the cellar.

Notes

Fèlsina’s Fontalloro Toscana 2021 is a refined and powerful expression of pure Sangiovese, seamlessly balancing structure and elegance. The nose is complex and inviting, with ripe red cherry, blackberry, and dried rose, layered with notes of tobacco, leather, and sweet spice. The palate is rich yet vibrant, offering juicy dark fruit, earthy minerality, and fine-grained tannins, supported by lively acidity.

Product Details

Origin: Chianti, Tuscany, Italy

Type/Varietal: Sangiovese

SKU: #1834755

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