Five bottles of Case Via Syrah
Produced by Fontodi
1995 vintage
Colli della Toscana Centrale, Tuscany/Italy
Original filling quantity: 0.75 l
Fill level: < 3 cm
Wine Spectator (1998): 91/100

This lot comprises five bottles of 1995 vintage Case Via Syrah produced by the Fontodi winery in Tuscany.

Tuscan vines grow in the cultural landscape of central Italy, a region not only regarded as the birthplace of the Renaissance and with that European culture in general. It’s no wonder then that the agriculture of winegrowing here has produced genuine wine types and distinct styles. Tuscany is home to some fantastic wines. It is like a wild bull, tamed by the Etruscans many years ago. Its beauty has always attracted and fascinated foreigners. It is a landscape that can be as captivating as Mona Lisa’s smile. One cannot fathom it, melt into it and be thrown back out without understanding what once came to blossom here. However, fascination alone does not result in good winegrowing – it is the art of planting vines in the ground and producing exceptionally nuanced wines from their fruits. Tuscany can be divided into two main parts: the historical main area of Florence and Siena and, in its wilder south, the Maremma – historically a poor farming region that has experienced a winegrowing boom over the past two decades. The first wine dynasties of Italy, the Polizianos, Antinoris and Frescobaldis, came to the Maremma towards the end of the 1990s, when land in Chianti Classico became very expensive.

1995 was a fine vintage in Tuscany and Piedmont, leading to the creation of some great wines, the best of which are now at their peak, albeit in small numbers.

The 1995 vintage Case Via Sytah was rated 91 points by James Suckling for Wine Spectator in 1998.

The fill levels are excellent (< 3 cm). Some labels are very slightly damaged. The capsules are in perfect condition.