2011 Chianti Classico Colonia Gran Selezione
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I am a huge fan of Fèlsina's Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Colonia and would not be surprised if this wine soon outpaces the flagship Fontalloro. In the best vintages, it offers a profound sense of elegance. The 2011 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Colonia opens to a dark brick color with ruby and garnet highlights. This is a dark and sophisticated wine with an impressive level of complexity. Earthy tones of crushed stone are followed by dark fruit, plum, leather, balsam herb, tobacco and pressed rose. The wine is introspective and careful in the way it dispenses of its intensity. All that power emerges in well-measured doses. That slow evolution makes it all the more intriguing and arousing.
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Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2011 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Colonia is superb. Specifically, this is the first time a clear relationship between Rancia and Colonia, two adjacent vineyards, is clear. The French oak is also totally fused with the fruit in a way I have not seen before. In keeping with the style of the vintage, the Colonia is ripe and opulent to the core. I am not sure a Chianti Classico can be said to be flamboyant or hedonistic, but if there is such a wine, the 2011 Colonia is it.
About the producer
Fattoria di Fèlsina is one of Chianti’s leading names, its vineyards straddling the Colli Senesi and Classico regions, therefore making wines that bear both names. Alongside its various Chianti bottlings, it produces Fontalloro – a pure Sangiovese and one of the first Super Tuscans, made in 1983.