2022 Concerto
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80% Sangiovese with a stiffening of 20% Cabernet Sauvignon from an 18 year-old vineyard on decomposed limestone and sandstone planted at 350 m. 18 months in small French oak barrels. Shaded garnet. Quite rich and spicy with even a hint of cinnamon. It tastes a little more of the Tuscan grape than the Bordeaux one. Fine tannins will see it blossom in bottle over the next 10 years or so to judge from my previous tastings of this wine. Impressive nuance and persistence. (JR)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The Mazzei 2022 Concerto di Fonterutoli is lovely, with a dark and velvety character that holds strong over a long, polished finish. The style encapsulated here is modern classic in this celebrated blend of 80% Sangiovese and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon. The Tuscan grape finishes in large oak casks, and the French variety ages in barrique. Production is 38,000 bottles.
Love the slow build of this wine, it gently climbs through the palate, savoury and restrained at first, then opening up with a smile, plenty of welcoming dried herbs, chamomile tea, dried rosebuds, orange peel, raspberry fruits. Great quality, full of concentration and lift, push and pull, and just so juicy on the finish. Great stuff, from soils of decomposed limestone and sandstone, aged in large oak casks for the Sangiovese and small barrels for the Cabernet Franc, then 3 months in concrete tanks before bottling. Mazzei family, winemaker Gionarta Pulignani. Tasted with the September Releases and again at the estate.
The 2022 Concerto di Fonterutoli, 80% Sangiovese and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, is a hugely promising wine. Big fruit and juicy contours lend quite a bit of immediacy. All things considered, Concerto is beautifully done for the vintage. I would give it a few years in bottle, as it needs time to develop more layers of aromatic nuance.