This wine wasn’t particularly prepossessing to look at, in light of its broad appellation and inexpensive looking, flat-bottomed bottle. But the wine offers terrific performance for the price and very good performance regardless of price. Impressively dark and deeply pigmented, it offers lots of expressive aroma and flavor with some interesting accents and firm structure. I’m forced to wonder if I wouldn’t have scored it even higher if I had tasted it blind.
Folonari, Chianti (Tuscany, Italy) 2008
By Michael Franz