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Castello dei Rampolla Chianti Classico 2015 750ml
Castello dei Rampolla Chianti Classico 2015 750ml
Price: $29.99
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Welcoming but balanced, this ’15 Chianti Classico bursts with sweet fruits, bristles with acidic energy, and balances all its elements with grace. Juicy red and blue berries dance against a backdrop of warm new leather, blood orange zest, savory herbs, baking spices, fresh loam and rain-spattered wildflowers in this luminous Chianti Classico. Peppery, chewy tannins stud the cheeks as this wine whooshes across the palate, building to a mineral-laden, powerful finish. Showing breathtaking depth, finesse and balance, this biodynamically grown and vinified Chianti Classico, a blend of 90% Sangiovese with the remainder split between Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, will make you reconsider everything you thought you knew about Chianti--it’s just that delicious. more info
Fontodi Meriggio 2015 750ml
Fontodi Meriggio 2015 750ml
Price: $34.99
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Aromatic, elegant, and herbaceous, the ’15 Meriggio, a mono-varietal Sauvignon Blanc, frames its citrus, stone and tropical fruits with cut grass, pressed herbs, crushed river rocks, and white wildflowers. Quite lifted on the palate, this wine blends its bright acidity with savory minerals to offer a dry, balanced white wine that builds to a resonant, lingering finish. Deriving from Fontodi’s organically tended, north-facing La Rota vineyard, this wine’s Sauvignon Blanc grapes ferment in temperature-controlled stainless steel, and the wine ages on the lees for six months, also in stainless steel. Just over 650 cases made each vintage. more info
Fontodi Meriggio 2016 750ml
Fontodi Meriggio 2016 750ml
Price: $34.99

Yellow berries, stone fruits, citrus zest and white flower petals dance on a bed of crushed river rocks and pressed herbs in the zesty, elegant ’16 Meriggio. Nicely weighty yet energetic, this wine fills the mouth with an electric feel, whooshing across the palate with mineral vigor, and building to an herbaceous, clean and lingering finish. Deriving from Fontodi’s organically tended, north-facing La Rota vineyard, this wine’s Sauvignon Blanc grapes ferment in temperature-controlled stainless steel, and the wine ages on the lees for six months, also in stainless steel. Just over 650 cases made each vintage. more info
Fontodi Meriggio 2017 750ml
Fontodi Meriggio 2017 750ml
Price: $36.99
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Fontodi's Meriggio is a rare white Super Tuscan, and it puts a textured, sapid spin on Sauvignon Blanc. Aromatic, elegant, and herbaceous, the ’17 Meriggio layers its succulent white flesh and orchard fruits with crushed minerals, candied citrus, and pressed herbs. The palate is nimble yet textured, animated by bright acidity and thrumming minerality, which propel the wine’s lingering, lip-smacking finish. Deriving from Fontodi’s organically tended, north-facing La Rota vineyard, this wine’s Sauvignon Blanc grapes ferment in temperature-controlled stainless steel, and the wine ages on the lees for six months, also in stainless steel. Just over 650 cases made each vintage. more info
Fontodi Meriggio 2018 750ml
Fontodi Meriggio 2018 750ml
Price: $36.99

Fontodi claims that the ’18 Meriggio Bianco is the most complex and freshest that it’s ever seen, and we have to agree--this wine is fascinating! Juicy yet finessed, ripe yet steely, intense yet focused, the ’18 Meriggio has a lot to give white wine lovers, layering its succulent stone and crisp orchard fruits with crushed river rocks, fresh herbs, white wildflowers and a dusting of peppery spices. Weighty yet nimble, this wine whooshes across the palate, propelled by its twin engines of savory minerality and keen acidity, as it builds to a resonant, complex and refreshing finish. Enjoyable upon release, this sophisticated white will drink beautifully over the medium term. Deriving from Fontodi’s organically tended, north-facing La Rota vineyard, this wine is mostly old-vine Sauvignon Blanc blended with about 10% Trebbiano; grapes ferment in temperature-controlled stainless steel, and the wine ages on the lees for six months, mostly in stainless steel, with a small percentage in amphora. Only 300 cases will be imported to the USA. more info
Fontodi Filetta di Lamole Chianti Classico 2014 750ml
Fontodi Filetta di Lamole Chianti Classico 2014 750ml
Price: $39.50

Fontodi’s owner-winemaker, Giovanni Manetti, has long considered Chianti Classico’s Lamole region special, and this wine proves him right. 2014 is the inaugural vintage of Filetta di Lamole Chianti Classico, and the wine bursts with succulent cherries and berries, piquant minerals and herbs, and kisses of loam and pressed wildflowers. Bright acidity propels this intense wine, yet its fine-grained tannins cling to the cheeks to blanket the palate with a textured, silky feel. This is a very elegant Chianti Classico that showcases Sangiovese’s finesse, rather than its raw power. Deriving from Lamole’s 17-acre, sandy-soiled Filetta vineyard, the grapes for this wine ferment in concrete, and the wine ages in oak casks for 15 months before being bottled. more info
Fontodi Filetta di Lamole Chianti Classico 2015 750ml
Fontodi Filetta di Lamole Chianti Classico 2015 750ml
Price: $43.99
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Just the second release of Fontodi’s Filetetta di Lamole Chianti Classico, the 2015 bottling is something very special. With a bewitching nose and a mesmerizing mouth-feel, this elegant, lean Chianti Classico showcases its fine-boned, aristocratic structure and sophisticated, polished tannins. Deriving from Lamole’s 17-acre, sandy-soiled Filetta vineyard that has rootstock dating back to the 1920s, the grapes for this wine ferment in concrete and in amphora, and the wine ages in oak casks for 15 months before being bottled. Just over 400 cases made. more info
Badia a Passignano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2012 750ml
Badia a Passignano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2012 750ml
Price: $45.99
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Opulent, complex and electric, this ’12 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione is a seductive wine that layers its succulent red and blue fruits with espresso, blood orange, licorice, wildflowers, savory herbs and leather. Bright acidity makes this wine almost crackly on the palate, but its super-ripe fruit and umami bass-line provide a riveting balance--it’s an intense, fleshy wine that’s still nimble and graceful. Produced from the best grapes grown on the property, this wine ferments for eight days in temperature-controlled stainless steel, followed by twelve more days of skin contact; after, the wine performs its malolactic fermentation in oak barrels, then ages in barrels for fourteen months before being bottled, where it ages for sixteen months. A bold, delicious wine that explodes with pure Sangiovese fruit, this ’12 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione is a delight to drink right now, but it’ll be even more delicious years down the road. more info
Badia a Passignano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2013 750ml
Badia a Passignano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2013 750ml
Price: $45.99

A benchmark vintage with classic Tuscan weather and an extended hang-time for ripening grapes, 2013 gave the Antinori team the perfect makings for a beautifully structured, enveloping and expressive Chianti Classico Gran Selezione. This ‘13 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione glows a brilliant ruby red in the glass, and it layers its succulent wild berries and dark cherries with balsamic herbs, pressed wildflowers, salty licorice, crushed pencil lead, and warm, briary earth. This wine has impeccable balance, matching its electric acidity with copious dry extract, fine-grained tannins, and a nicely mineral core. You can enjoy this round and inviting wine right away, but a few years in the cellar will show the wine’s true beauty. Produced from the best Sangiovese grapes grown on the property, this wine ferments for ten days in temperature-controlled stainless steel, followed by twelve more days of skin contact; after, the wine performs its malolactic fermentation in oak barrels, then ages in large Hungarian oak barrels for a year before bottling. more info
Badia a Passignano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2016 750ml
Badia a Passignano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2016 750ml
Price: $45.99

2016 saw the second banner year in a row for Toscana, and this 2016 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione marries luminous purity with thrumming energy. Ripe blue fruits and tart red berries dance against a backdrop of melted chocolate, pressed violet petals, espresso, new leather, and spicy pipe tobacco in this silky, electric Gran Selezione bottling. As electric acidity piques the cheeks, fine-grained tannins and rich dry extract work in concert as this wine glides with a velvety, supple feel. Enjoyable upon release, this ’16 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione has the structure to age for years and years to come! Produced from the best Sangiovese grapes grown on the property, this wine ferments for ten days in temperature-controlled stainless steel, followed by twelve more days of skin contact; after, the wine performs its malolactic fermentation in oak barrels, then ages in large Hungarian oak barrels for a year before bottling. more info