Marchesi Mazzei Selection

An opulent yet tensioned young red with blackberries, violets and black olive skin character. Full-bodied. But has so much energy and focus. Goes on for minutes. A blend of merlot and sangiovese. Best after 2028.

Intense blackcurrant on the nose, baked and ripe, so expressive and inviting with small hints of liquorice and tar. Supple, generous, juicy and bright, this 50/50 Sangiovese-Merlot is so well worked and harmonious - rich, wide and full in the mouth,

This top-shelf wine from Mazzei is a blend of 50-50 Merlot and Sangiovese. The Sangiovese goes into tonneaux and the Merlot ages in 70% new barrique for 18 months. The 2021 Siepi (in a heavy glass bottle) opens to sweet fruit nuances of cooked cherry,

Sweet, baked red fruits with rose and pink floral aromas on the nose alongside touches of clove, toast and cinnamon. Smooth and soft in the mouth, rich yet elegant with a supple core of strawberry, cherry and raspberries lifted by high acidity and such

This is spicy and vibrant with a mix of red and dark berries with dried citrus peel, chili pepper and spicy herbs. Hints of bark, too. Full with layers of polished tannins and chalky, powdery texture. Juicy acidity coming through. Shows depth and concentration.

A blend of 80% Sangiovese and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2021 Concerto di Fonterutoli is a thickly extracted wine that carries its fruit weight over a long and velvety mouthfeel. The wine delivers dark fruit, cherry liqueur, spice and cured tobacco.

Such a fragrant and appealing burst of aromas here with milk chocolate, blackcurrants, dried herbs and flowers. A blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon, this has a core of cherries and raspberries alongside savoury olive and oak elements with round,

This is very fine grained, with polished, silky tannins that provide wonderful texture and length to the wine. Plenty of cherry, blackberry, chocolate and mahogany flavors that follow through to the palate. Complex and refined. Drink after 2024, but

Made with mostly Sangiovese supplemented by the structural heft and texture of Cabernet Sauvignon (that makes up roughly 20% of the blend), this is a profound and important red wine from Tuscany. The Mazzei 2019 Concerto di Fonterutoli is your proverbial

Mazzei’s showcase Gran Selezione comes from plots around the Fonterutoli estate on the upper slopes of Castellina. High altitudes of 470 metres are offset by the warming exposures open to the south and southwest. Rich yet clear fruited, dark red cherry

Made with 100% Sangiovese (six Sangiovese clones plus eight massal selections of the same grape), the Mazzei 2020 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Castello Fonterutoli offers rich texture, lots of dark fruit and an overall oak-driven approach. It ages

Attractive aromas of red plums, dried cranberries, spiced citrus peel, red spices and bark. Medium- to full-bodied, broad and structured with ripe and well-integrated tannins and succulent fruit. Tense. Shows notes of rose petals with crushed rock minerality.

I tasted this wine from the 2018 vintage and the 2019 vintage at the same time. It was great fun to be able to compare and contrast. The Mazzei 2018 Concerto di Fonterutoli (an 80-20 blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon) is a true crowd-pleaser.

A tight, linear Concerto with chocolate, hazelnut, blackberry and cherry aromas and flavors. Full-bodied with tight tannins and a linear, racy finish. Drink after 2022.

The 2015 Concerto di Fonterutoli is an 80-20 blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon with fruit sourced from the estate's historic Siepi and Fonterutoli vineyards. The wine offers evident muscle and exuberance. These qualities are directly linked

This is fabulous with blackberry, blueberry and currant aromas. Some slate. Full body, dense and smooth with firm and silky tannins and intense fruit. This is a classic sangiovese and cabernet sauvignon blend. Don't miss it. Needs three or four years

2015 is big and bold, but like a more refined version of 2011. The oak is less toasty and combines well with intense blackberry and spice aromas and flavours. Bright, fragrant and full of ripe fruit, it has great concentration of exuberant black cherry

Spiced and chocolaty with ripe red and dark berries, rose petals and bark undertones. Medium- to full-bodied with firm, racy tannins and crunchy acidity. Vivid fruit character and a linear finish. Drink or hold.

This expressive red exhibits cherry, raspberry and floral aromas and flavors, with a beam of vibrant acidity and refined tannins for support. Intense and resonant on the mineral-tinged aftertaste. Best from 2025 through 2036

With fruit from high-elevation vineyards in Radda in Chianti at 570 meters above sea level with sandstone and schistic galestro soils, the Mazzei 2020 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Badiòla shows tension and linearity over a full-bodied Sangiovese finish.

The Badiòla site is located high up in Radda in Chianti, at 500-570m on sandstone and galestro, with some alberese also present on the lower section of the vineyard: ‘A synthesis of the three main soils of the area,’ commented managing director, Filippo

A juicy and ripe wine with freshness and brightness for the Radda zone in Chianti Classico. Medium-bodied. Savory. Orange peel. Drink now or hold.

This wine is inspired by the precious Romanesque chapels (built before the year 1,000) that exist in this beautiful part of Tuscany. The Badiòla Vineyard was sold by the Mazzei family in 1949, but they reacquired the property 40 years later. Many decades