TN: 2016 Fattoria di Fèlsina Berardenga Chianti Classico

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  • 2016 Fattoria di Fèlsina Berardenga Chianti Classico - Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG (9/27/2020)
    Day 1: Pop and pour and not very drinkable. Needs a heavy decant on day 1. No score.
    Day 2: Wonderful and full of life. Wood, cherry, floral, mild spices and perfume. Good acidity and medium finish. 92 points
    Day 3: A bit more wood along with cherry, floral, spice, perfume and celery. Medium finish. Food wine! 91 points
    Recommendation: Heavy Decant or hold until 2025 and beyond. Long term ager. (92 pts.)

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John,

Nice notes. I agree with your assessment - this is a very good bottle and worth holding on to.

Cheers,
Doug

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Damn. How long to wait on the 2016 Rancia…

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2016 Rancia is surprisingly enjoyable now, very atypical for a young Rancia. I’m sure it will shut down shortly

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I found this wine pretty uninviting A few months ago, like you on the first day. I don’t even think it budged much on the second day. I’m confident that everything’s there for it to be great in time, but I won’t open another one for quite a while. The 2013 has been drinking well all along. I went heavy on that to avoid the temptation of opening my 2010s, Which also seemed like they needed a lot of time on release.

Edit: I mistakenly thought we were talking about the Riserva.

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Very interesting, and not my experience at all with this wine, although I haven’t tried a bottle since June. But I have had it four times since May of ‘19, and on two of those occasions actually mentioned that I felt this could be the best Felisina CC ever, so I certainly didn’t find the wine unyielding?

I haven’t tried the CCR yet, nor the Rancia.

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I really think the Rancia is a bigger step up (in quality) than the price

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Oops! I had the Riserva, not this one.