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2017 Fattoria di Felsina Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Colonia

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June 22, 2025 - $76

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RATINGS

96The Wine Advocate

...opened beautifully to show rich and profound fruit with some of those earthy and dusty limestone aromas that are so specific to this labor-intensive farming site on a remote hilltop.

96Vinous / IWC

...delivers a whole range of Sangiovese aromas and flavors with tremendous intensity and grace. Sweet red cherry, rose petal, cedar, tobacco and earthy notes all grace this exquisite, wonderfully expressive edition of Fèlsina's Gran Selezione.

93James Suckling

Lots of cherry and vanilla aromas and flavors with a full body, dense and structured center palate and a long, flavorful finish. Shows blue fruit and dried flowers at the end.

93Wine Enthusiast

Aromas of underbrush, fragrant blue flowers, French oak and baked plum take shape in the glass. On the elegant, lithe palate, taut, fine-grained tannins accompany dried cherry, licorice, vanilla, coconut and orange zest before finishing on an espresso note.

92Wine Spectator

...smoky element overlaying the macerated cherry and plum notes in this broad, solidly structured red. There is a feeling of fluidity, but also intensity and a sense that this is holding back. Well-proportioned and long, with an aftertaste of tobacco and mineral.

17Jancis Robinson

Really intense, luxurious nose. A hint of dark chocolate. This is like a cross between a Chianti Classico and a right-bank classed-growth claret!

PRODUCER

Fattoria di Felsina

Fattoria di Felsina is a historic estate in the Chianti appellation of Tuscany. Though primarily an olive growing estate, winemaking has been part of the estate’s tradition since 900. In the 18th century the estate was owned by the Busatti family of Florence, who built many of the buildings that are still used on the estate. In 1966 the estate was purchased by the Poggiali family, and today a second generation of the Poggiali family still runs the 153-acre estate. Felsina’s signature wines are its various Chiantis. Gambero Rosso, Italy’s leading wine journal, has often awarded Felsina’s wines with 3 Bicchieri, the journal’s highest rating. The journal has noted that “the winery’s range (of wines) is the epitome of class and elegance.”

REGION

Italy, Tuscany, Chianti Classico

Chianti is Tuscany’s most famous and historic wine district, and the Chianti Classico DOCG is the most prestigious Chianti appellation. Fittingly, it is located in the heart of the larger Chianti DOCG. Chianti’s wines were so esteemed during the Renaissance that the Medici princes of Florence designated several villages within the Chianti region as discrete production zones, setting up the first appellations in Italy. By the 20th century Chianti was Italy’s primary wine export. But the pizza parlor Chiantis sent to foreign markets were inexpensive, unremarkable reds presented in round-bottomed, straw-covered bottles. To upgrade Chianti wines and the region’s image, the Chianti Classico DOC was created in 1967, then upgraded to DOCG status in 1984, with additional modifications made in 1996. In the last 20 years a consortium of Chianti Classico producers have researched new Sangiovese clones, replanted vineyards, updated cellar practices and generally made Chianti Classico DOCG a world-class appellation. Chianti Classico must contain a minimum of 75% Sangiovese. In the 2014 edition of its annual compendium of wine ratings, Gambero Rosso noted that Chianti Classico DOCG wines were noteworthy for their “significant return to a more defined style, true to tradition.”

TYPE

Red Wine, Sangiovese, D.O.C.G.

This red grape is largely grown in central Italy. As the sole component or in a blend, it gives us Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Morellino and Super Tuscans, among other favorites wines. The name is derived from the Latin for “blood of Jove.”

VINTAGE

2017 Fattoria di Felsina Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Colonia