2018 MONTE FICALI, CHIANTI CLASSICO VIGNA MEZZUOLA, ITALY

This fledgling producer has put everything they can into buying the right patches of soil and hiring a top consultant. The 2018 is their coming of age as this wine joins a list of pedigreed producers.  And rightly so – for this wine brings such purity and finesse from the high altitude vineyards that are situated in Greve - on the border of both the famous localities of Panzano and Badia a Passignano.  “A gorgeous, mid-weight wine. Freshly cut flowers, sweet red berry fruit, tobacco, orange peel and spice are nicely pushed forward in this translucent, mid-weight Chianti Classico that delivers so much Sangiovese character”