Concerto di Fonterutoli Large Formats
Toscana IGT
£135.00 GBP
Decanter
96 Pts
James Suckling
96 Pts
Wine Advocate
95 Pts
Jane Anson
95 Pts
The legend goes on since 1981
2021
Technical sheet
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Winery Castello di Fonterutoli |
Winery location Chianti Classico, Toscana |
Grape varieties 80% Sangiovese, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon |
Alcohol 14.19% |
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Total acidity 5.92% |
Vineyards location Fonterutoli (Castellina in Chianti): Sangiovese - Scassi vineyard, 350 m (1,150 ft) a.s.l. Cab.Sauv. - Brotine vineyard, 340 m (1,115 ft) a.s.l. |
Soil Rocky - coming from decomposed limestone and sandstone |
Vineyards age 17 years |
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Training system Spur cordon-training and Guyot |
Nr. of vines per hectar 5.600 - 7.500 plants |
Harvest Hand picked from September 28th |
Fermentation temperature 26 - 28°C |
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Period of maceration 14 - 18 days |
Ageing 18 months in small french oak barrels: Tonneaux (Sangiovese), Barriques (Cab.Sauv.) |
Finissage 3 months in concrete tanks |
Bottling June 2023 |
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Available on the market September 2023 |
Production 35.000 bottles |
Formats 375 ml - 750 ml - 1,5 lt - 3 lt - 6 lt - 12 lt |
Cases Wooden case |
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First vintage 1981 |
Ageing potential Over 20 years |
Key description Rich and juicy, notes of underbrush and black berries, powerful and fine |
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Awards
Vinous 94 Pts | James Suckling 95 Pts | Decanter 96 Pts | Wine Advocate 95 Pts |
Harvest
The year 2021 was distinguished by a cold winter with little precipitation. An (initially) cool spring with adequate rainfall was followed by a long, hot summer but with good diurnal temperature variations that allowed excellent completion of the grape ripening process. Worthy of note, an initial delayed development of the vines that resolved itself as the season progressed.
The harvest was extremely rewarding, in terms of performance and excellent quality and health of the grapes going to cellar; these grapes will yield rich, well-structured wines thanks to their thick, but well-balanced, fresh skins.
There was a slight decrease in quantity, due to the insufficient rain during the winter which hindered budding in the early-maturing areas.
Beginning of the harvest: September 9th, 2021
End of the harvest: October 13th, 2021
Rainfalls (sum of rainfall between April 1st and September 30th): 503,1 mm
Temperature Index (sum of average daily temperatures from April 1st to September 30th): 4.511,3 °C
Evaluation: Very good
Made in Italy | Allergens: contains sulphites
One of the first Supertuscans ever produced
Concerto di Fonterutoli, which first saw the light of day in 1981, is one of the first ten wines that spawned the legend of the Supertuscans in a decade which marked a historic turnabout in Tuscan winemaking. Thanks to the enlightened contribution of this mere handful of wines, all of them striclty from the Chianti region save one, the term "Supertuscan" rapidaly gained a reputation in the world as a category on its own, suddenly finding itself up to competing with areas of such unquestioned pedigree as Bordeaux, and adding new lustre to the image of Italian wine in general.
The taste of a legend
Concerto's first vintage was an outright experiment resulting in only fifteen barriques - the very first barriques ever to be used at Fonterutoli - jealously guarded in our historic cellars for eighteen months. At the first tasting after all those months, the combination of the two varietals proved to be so perfectly balanced that they immediately brought to mind a symphony. In fact Marchesa Carla Mazzei was instantly prompted to christen the wine Concerto, a name that perfectly captures the harmony achieved between the two cépages and the faultless symphony in the complex notes of flavour that characterise the wine.