Marchesi Mazzei Castello di Fonterutoli - Philip

Red wine | Toscana IGT

A bridge across the Atlantic

This Tuscan red wine offers a beautiful aromatic richness, with blueberry, black cherry, and violet, a touch of spice and dark chocolate, in a complex and refined style with smooth tannins. The grapes come from the historic Castello Fonterutoli estate as well as from the Tuscan coast. The blend extends to the aging process, using both French and American oak, in homage to Philip Mazzei, an illustrious ancestor of the family and close friend of Thomas Jefferson.

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CHF 33.50 (75cl)

CHF 4.47/10cl

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Italy Tuscany
Cabernet Sauvignon
over 20 years
13.90%

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Marchesi Mazzei Castello di Fonterutoli - Philip

CHF 33.50 (75cl)

Colour

A beautiful deep and opaque dark red, with purplish reflections.

Nose

Beautiful aromatic richness, offering nuances of blueberry, black cherry and violet, coated by a touch of spices and dark chocolate. Superb minerality.

Palate

Complex and refined, with well-blended tannins. Round, powerful, with a nice harmonious length on the fruit.

Wine-growing terroir

The vineyards of Castello di Fonterutoli are based on a unique soil, made up of the decomposition of Alberese and sandstone, dominated by limestone, which gives the vineyards a mineral and complex core. The soils of the Belguardo vineyards, consisting mainly of very fine gravel from the decomposition of sandstone and a clay-limestone mixture known as alberese, confirm the maxim that poor soils produce great wines.

Winemaking

Manual harvest, vatting between 13 and 15 days, aging for 18 months in French and American oak barrels (30% new wood).

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Mazzei 1435

For more than six centuries, the Mazzei family has been dedicated to viticulture, with a passion and commitment that has been passed down from generation to generation. Today as in the past, it perpetuates the legacy of its know-how where it all began, at Castello di Fonterutoli, one of the most important institutions of Chianti Classico and Tuscany, with an exceptional history and a promising future.

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