2014 Fontodi Vigna del Sorbo, Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG, Italy Partida Creus The base wines ferment cool

The base wines ferment cool in stainless steel

The fruit is destemmed without crushing and moved by gravity into unlined cement vats

The appellation of Carema is extremely small: only 16 hectares (approximately 40 acres) are planted to the vine

Driving up to Somló from Lake

Aged 4 months in Kentucky White Oak Bourbon Barrels adding a honeyed aroma and generous taste of brown sugar and pineapple sage

2014 Fontodi Vigna del Sorbo, Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG, Italy Partida Creus The base wines ferment coolLocated directly in front of the winery, at 450 meters, the southwest facing Vigna del Sorbo vineyard is planted atop Galestro soils in the heart of the Chianti Classico region, only a few hundred meters from the town of Panzano. First produced in 1985, Vigna del Sorbo started off as a Riserva, where it was then one of the first wines promoted to a Gran Selezione in 2009 when the new designation in Chianti Classico was introduced.