2020 Flaccianello della Pieve, Tenuta Fontodi, Tuscany, Italy
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Sangiovese
- Antonio Galloni
- 96/100
- Monica Larner
- 96/100
- James Suckling
- 97/100
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Description
Flaccianello is a wine that has consistently received accolades for its refined version of the Sangiovese grape and the 2020 vintage shows just why. It has a gorgeous floral nose with a ripe blackcurrant backbone and a peppering of winter spice. On the palate the wines shows its promise with firm yet silky tannins gently sweeping through the mouth. Red plum, black cherry and black berry mingle with a touch of spice and the merest hint of dark chocolate. A wine that will age stunningly over the next few decades, to be set aside for 5 years at least!
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Henrietta Gullifer, Account Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd
Critics reviews
The 2020 spent a year and a half in barrique 40% new) and six months in cask.
The 2020 Flaccianello della Pieve is a blend of Fontodi's vineyards, mostly three main vineyards planted on sites with very dense, heavy rocks. Dark, pliant and inviting, the 2020 is so expressive today. Black cherry, plum, spice, lavender, licorice and mocha are seamless in the glass. The 2020 is a fine Flaccianello with a bright future. Most of this blend is sourced from three parcels in upper hillside vineyards close to town center.
Drink 2026 - 2045
Production is 60,000 bottles.
The 2020 Flaccianello della Pieve is the full package. This point is clear when you taste all the other wines in the Fontodi portfolio and conclude with this bottle. This organic Sangiovese shows beautiful intensity and remains balanced throughout with dark fruit, crushed stone, spice and wild rose. It borrows themes of elegance, depth and ripeness played across this vintage. The wine wraps smoothly over the palate with substantial fruit weight and sweet tannins. This warm-vintage expression can be aged or enjoyed straight out of the gate.
Drink 2024 - 2048
Extremely floral with sage and licorice to the berry and dark cherry aromas that follow through to a medium body, with fine and silky tannins that run the length of the wine. Very crunchy for Flaccianello. Vivid on the palate. From organically grown grapes.
Drink after 2025
About this wine
Sangiovese
Fontodi
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