2000 Chianti Classico Riserva Vigna del Sorbo
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Readers still holding the 2000 Chianti Classico Riserva Vigna del Sorbo will find a striking wine just beginning to enter its peak window of drinkability. Sweet red cherries, tobacco, dried flowers, mint and licorice waft from the glass in a gorgeous, medium-bodied Vigna del Sorbo. The 2000 isn't quite as deep or rich as some of the other wines in this complete vertical, but it is totally ready to provide fabulous drinking now and over the next decade or so.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Daniel Thomases, Wine Advocate
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This estate more than held its own in the trying 2000 vintage, as the 2000 Chianti Classico Riserva Vigna del Sorbo reveals. Darker in color than the regular Chianti Classico bottling, its smoky nose of berry and currant fruit and Mediterranean herbs is warm and penetrating, the flavors firm, well defined, and long, again with the bracing acidity which is something of the signature of these wines. Drink: 2005-2015. Importer: Vinifera Imports, Ronkonkoma, NY; tel. (631) 467-5907
About the producer
Based just outside Panzano-in-Chianti, Chianti Classico estate Fontodi was acquired by the Manettis in 1968, a family which has established its modern reputation. Today the leading property is best known for its Flaccianello delle Pieve, the pure Sangiovese Super Tuscan first made in 1981.