Jeff Ball

9.0

A fair amount of herbal notes, earthy, some pepper, mild fruit. — a month ago

Dave

9.0

This is nice. Don't know what I paid for it. Strong dark fruit presence with gripping tannins and a little minerality. I'm drinking it without food, and it would be much better with a bit of grilled something. But it's nice, I'll say it again.
Listening to Alabama Shakes. — 3 months ago

Lev Lavrichtchev

8.9

May 2025: PnP ready, classic Chianti expression, red fruit, integrated enough tannins. — 8 months ago

Antra Stabler

9.6

Strong solid flavour. Full bodied, but not over powering. Consistent taste to the end of the bottle. GiftFromCarol. — 5 months ago

Eric Halim

9.4

On nose, its Pepper, cardamon, wild berries, sour cherry, thyme,

On palate, its more on superb intensity, fine acidity, fine tannins, and its long finish. Juicy with fresh fruits, sweet plums, clove. This is great wine came from great vintage. Congratulations to Tignanello estate for this great achievement! — 6 months ago

Jeff beck

9.0

Perfect pairing to rich pasta and meats — 7 months ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.4

The type of wine I love drinking...especially with my wife. So many amazing memories attached to the flavours. 2016 Supertuscans are just amazing 😍 — 8 months ago

Shaun Cordingley

9.3

Had with steak and Caesar — a month ago

Kay Mills

9.1

Ed’s Fine Wine #2 in the reds for Cashiers. We liked it. — 2 months ago

Sean Burke

9.2

Love it. Little bit of grechetto, dry, amazing, Novita in NYC — 3 months ago

Anthony Pro

9.2

Fresh Prince of Bel Air. — 5 months ago

Adam Kincaid

9.3

Gorgeous bottle of ruby red shades and intense aromatics featuring vanilla, spices, rose petals, and nuts. Quite complex. Great medium+ body and strong acidic structure but with a refined weight and balance, it’s not overpowering but has a lot of character. Really good lingering finish. — 6 months ago

Joaquin Martinez

8.9

50/50 sangiovese grosso and merlot. Full bodied with dark fruit, some touches of coffee with bitterness and acidity but great structure with earthiness and great tannins with a long finish. Definitely something to try again. — 6 months ago

Josh Betz

9.4

Wonderful Italian wine with dinner — 7 months ago

Seth Masterson

9.0

Has Vermentino fallen out of favour with Italians and is being replaced by a taste for Chardonnay?
Maybe but I don't want to believe it yet.
On hot summer days there is not much more refreshing than a well chilled glass of Vermentino. Chilled is a must - it still has enough oomph in the nose to release its floral essence. Once it comes up to room temp it can be overwhelmingly perfumey IMHO. Good acid balance.
I'm pretty convinced that you can trust anything from Fontori to be a solid choice. — 2 months ago

Kristen Bolter

9.1

Age around the rim; black cherry; a little peppery — 3 months ago

with Hal

ESF

9.1

bit shy, needed some time in the decanter - translucent ruby colored, lots of violets and spice, sour cherry and bing cherry, rhubarb, tar, sweet soil, really complex on nose, med weight w/firm tannic grip, flavors from nose on mid palate, nice finish. paired with smoked ribs and it really worked - Father's day treat. i have another of these, believe this is in the pocket right now. *more Barbaresco than Brunello — 4 months ago

Freddy R. Troya

9.0

A compelling, historical and sophisticated Chianti Classico Riserva dedicated to the Mazzei’s notable ancestor, Ser Lapo, known as the “father” of the Chianti wine appellation in Tuscany. The V.2016 also had a composition blend of 90% Sangiovese and 10% Merlot. This wine as a “Riserva” under the Chianti Classic Classification system has to be aged a min of 24 months in barrels including 3 months in the bottle prior release.

Decanted for 35 Mins served as an opener of an Italian-inspired dishes, made it a perfect amplifier to appreciate the balance of freshness, richness and complexity. The acidity remains at the perfect point and the red cherries and fig notes are quite palpable from the very beginning, the wine dances in your palate, it jumps on flavor of cherry, tobacco leaf, toasted spices and fresh herbs notes come out alive from the glass, as an overall this wine dances in your mouth with great harmony of the juiciness and integrated medium plus tannins.

The label is another great release from Mazzei family, which is one of Tuscany’s oldest wine dynasties (25 winemaking generations for 600+ years. The script at the top of this wine label is a reproduction of a historic correspondence of a document dated December 16, 1398 that addresses this “father” of Chianti.

Simply lovely, cheers! — 5 months ago

Jess

9.1

Pale lemon color.
Aromas of melon, floral.
Dry. Flavors of melon, pear, orange blossom, lemon.

Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 5/5
Finish: 4/5 — 7 months ago

Louis Martin

9.1

Dry, semi-sour, strong tannins and acidity yet light bodied, better with a smoky meat than on its own. — 8 months ago