Felsina Fontalloro (375ML half-bottle) 2016

Professional Ratings

• 98 James Suckling
  Amazing aromas of licorice, wet earth, orange peel and lavender. Full body, tight and super compact and polished. Goes on for minutes. Clearly great. Better in 2021, but already a star.
• 98 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  The 2016 Fontalloro is the best vintage of this landmark wine that I have tasted thus far. This is a very elegant vintage, with more volume in the mouth and precise notes of tar, licorice, camphor ash, resin and Indian spice. In a race between the highly competitive 2015 and 2016 vintages, I give a slight advantage to this wine. The warmer 2015 vintage shows more richness and exuberant fruit. However, this wine from 2016 offers a more focused and chiseled delivery. I am hopeful that this wine will continue to evolve and sharpen as it ages in the bottle. This is a beautiful wine to put aside in your cellar for ten years or more.
  Rating: 98+
• 93 Wine Enthusiast
  Aromas of dark-skinned fruit, exotic spice, blue flower and menthol shape the nose. It’s linear, focused and ethereally elegant, offering succulent Morello cherry, raspberry compote and star anise alongside fine-grained tannins. Fresh acidity lends balance.
• 91 Decanter

  Profound spiciness here: cinnamon and clove, mingling with notes of chocolate and dark plum. Long, cherry-suffused, finish. A classy wine to enjoy with food.