Marchesi Mazzei Castello di Fonterutoli Mix 36 Toscana IGT, Tuscany, Italy

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I am always fascinated by this wine, made with a blend of 36 biotypes of Sangiovese from an experimental plot at the Fonterutoli property. The 2016 Mix 36 (with 8,000 bottles produced) shows classic Sangiovese lines with wild berry, cassis, smoke, tar and moist earth. There are delicate floral notes with wild rose and pressed violets that show with greater intensity in this balanced vintage. The wine ages in 500-liter barrels for 18 months.

This wine shows a particularly delicious and irresistible side in this warm and sunny vintage. The 2015 Mix 36 (from an experimental vineyard with 36 biotypes of Sangiovese) makes a great first impression, thanks to the soft and velvety nature of its fruit. The bouquet offers ripe cherry and blackberry preserves with sweet tobacco and cigar box.

The 2013 Mix 36 is a clever mono-varietal expression of Sangiovese made from 36 distinct biotypes of the grape, 18 of which are exclusive to the Fonterutoli estate. The vines are 11 years old and harvest started on October 10th this vintage. The fruit is balanced and linear with red cherry, spice, dried blueberry and tobacco. It shows medium density and impressive persistence.

Mazzei's 2012 Mix 36 is a very expressive rendition of Sangiovese that shows a level of complexity that would be difficult to achieve if this wine were made with a single clone. There are many, mixed berry tones that range from cherry to blueberry and the wine reveals pretty layers of spice, toasted almond and tobacco. Most of the vines in this experimental vineyard are now 15-years-old. This means they are entering the height of their best production years.

This wine represents a very interesting project spearheaded by the Mazzei family. The 2011 Mix 36 is a super blend of the 36 biotypes of Sangiovese that are farmed over the 600 hectares that make up this estate. In a sense, this wine serves as a measuring stick for a given vintage given that fact you can trace Sangiovese's growing cycle, clone by clone. To avoid confusion with Mazzei's Chianti Classico, the family decided to make this an IGT Toscana wine. Bold fruit tones of blackberry and dried raspberry are followed by blue flower, wet earth and spice.