Castello di Fonterutoli, ‘Siepi’ Toscana Rosso 2018

“Siepi, Fonterutoli’s Merlot/Sangiovese blend, is absolutely gorgeous in 2018. Rich, pliant and creamy, Siepi offers all of the seductiveness of Merlot with the bright acids and grip of Sangiovese. Inky blue/purplish fruit, lavender, dried herbs, spice, licorice and new leather meld together in an open-knit, inviting Tuscan red with no hard edges and tons of allure shaped by alberese soils with a good bit of clay. The 2018 is an undeniably sexy wine with so much immediacy.” – 97 Points, Antonio Galloni 

“Extremely perfumed and crystal-clear with violets, plums, raspberries, walnuts and black olives. It’s medium-to full-bodied with very fine tannins that are extremely polished and refined. The length is long and very precise. Chocolate and hazelnuts. This is the 25th anniversary of this fine merlot and sangiovese. Hard not to drink now, but better after 2022.” – 97 Points, James Suckling

Producer

For 24 generations, since the XI century, the Mazzei family have made wine in Tuscany. Ser Lapo Mazzei is the author of the first known document to use the “Chianti” denomination in 1398 and Philip Mazzei – a winemaker and arms dealer – inspired the “all men are created equal” component of the American declaration of independence – whilst hanging out with Thomas Jefferson. Their flagship ‘Siepi’ is a stand out wine and must have for the cellar…