The brothers Corrado and Marcello Fatini created the Fratini company in Bolgheri which produces three wines: Clinio Harte and Hortense , all normally, with a dominant blend of Cabernet Franc .
The Fratini brothers spared no expense in researching the land to plant and seeking technical advice in an effort to produce high-quality wines.
Art and wine are lovingly intertwined.
The winery’s tasting room is stunning, overlooking a vineyard and eye-catching artwork.
The tastings’ conductor is Davide D’ Alterio, a young sommelier who worked as a sommelier for several years at Enoteca Pinchiorri in Florence, gaining experience with all the world’s finest wines. Davide also serves as sales director.
Before moving on to my tasting notes, I need to make a brief clarification about tannins: Regarding the width of the tannin, it’s important that I clarify the following points so it can be understood. I taste the tannin in the wine on the upper gum. The total width of the tannin is 6/6, that is, the entire width of the upper gum. Obviously, if the tannin is less wide, it could be, for example, 5/6, and so on. The width of the tannin is important when its quality is good or high. The wider the tannin, the more worthy of attention the wine is, but the tannin, as I’ve specified, must , in any case, be of good quality.
Let’s now move on to describing the wines we tasted.
FRATINI ESTATE
CLINIO, 2023 vintage
Red IGT Tuscany
( Blend : 52% Cabernet Franc , 45% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon)
Color red and purple dress.
From the glass rise aromas of plum, cassis , cherry, mint, eucalyptus, light black pepper, intense arugula, light licorice and finish with echoes of graphite.
On the palate, it has a medium body and a plum flavor. The freshness completely envelops the alcohol.
The tannins are sweet, quite broad (5/6), initially silky and then slightly drying the upper gum and narrowing in width.
Its aromatic persistence is long and intense with a rocket finish.
(92/100)
FRATINI ESTATE
HARTE BOLGHERI SUPERIORE, 2022 vintage
( Blend : 40% Cabernet Franc , 40% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon)
Color red and purple color.
On the nose it releases scents of plum, chocolate ” After Eight ” (intense chocolate and mint), amber, cherry, intense plum, eucalyptus, wood toasting, powder, almond shell, varnish glaze, almond paste, cassis , episperm (it is the sweetness of the skin of boiled chestnuts), blueberry, Morositas candy , black pepper, nutmeg, lavender soap, broken cyclamen stem and ending with puffs of star anise.
woody flavor .
The freshness completely envelops the alcoholic mass while the tannins are sweet, broad (6/6–) initially silky, then drying the upper gum a little.
Its intense aromatic persistence is long. A very rich nose, a young wine that will need to lose some of its oak, both on the nose and on the palate.
(94/100)
FRATINI ESTATE
HORTENS, BOLGHERI SUPERIORE 2022 vintage
( Blend : 54% Cabernet Franc , 42% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Merlot)
Color red purple shines through the glass.
The olfactory debut reveals aromas of plum, chocolate, ” After Eight ” (intense chocolate and mint), fig leaf, blackberry, cotton starch, mint, eucalyptus, black pepper, nutmeg, bay leaves, episperma (sweet boiled chestnut skin), licorice, talcum powder, woodsy, strawberry , mothballs, hints of boiled milk, almond shell, finishing with whispers of LPG gas.
On tasting it reveals a medium body, well-balanced (a little less structured than the Harte ), and flavours of plum and blueberry.
Well-balanced wine with freshness that completely dominates the alcohol content.
The tannins are sweet, broad (6/6) and silky.
Wine with a pleasant drinkability.
(96/100)
