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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.7 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 140 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by jocelyng on 1/25/2024 & rated 92 points: Interesting experience with this wine. Opened at the last minute from the cellar (14 Celsius), decanted and served 10 minutes later. First impressions: very closed, tannic with an austere mouth, rating of 90. Then, after 20-30 minutes, it began to come alive, some dark fruits and a much better nose. After an hour, it is much better with balsalmic flavors mixed with prune, blackberry and nutty flavors. I don’t know if the tannins will soften before the fruits fade. A little disappointing for an 11 years old Flaccianello. Excellent nonetheless but far from a 95+ wine I expect from this wine in good vintages.
Damn: I just read my 2021 comment…should have listened to myself ! (3945 views) | | | Tasted by KSWinegeek on 12/25/2023 & rated 93 points: Every time I taste Flaccianello I am amazed. Always so good and so consistent from year to year. This one was still a little tannic and I could have waited a while. But my son and daughter-in-law made Cinghiale with home made pappardelle and this wine was a perfect fit. È stata una grande cena di Natale. My favorite years so far (in order) - 2006, 2001, 2007, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2008, 2011. Have yet to try 2014-2019 and never had the 2010. (3564 views) | | | Tasted by skurtz on 10/21/2023 & rated 94 points: Decanted at Slay bistro in Manhattan beach. This is a big wine, huge black fruit on the palate, mineral, tannins. A bit of a beast, needs time in the cellar to mellow a bit. Tonight with osso bucco. (4892 views) | | | Tasted by peternelson on 10/12/2023 & rated 92 points: Moderate body, Bordeaux grape notes, young, very tannic, still youthful grip and plenty of structure but just a little dip in the mid-palate, otherwise quite nice with good berry-earth balance. Tuscan blind Dirty Dozen at La Paella. ranked: 3 way tie for 9th place out of 10 wines
My wine. All wines showed very well tonight with my scoring from 90-94
4 days later (gassed and refrigerated): Med+ body, quite rich, some cranberry and black cherry with some oak notes, like a fine, slightly leaner less earthy Bordeaux. TONS of sediment. Very nice, held up very well these last few days, maybe better than 4 days ago! (4623 views) | | | Tasted by Wine_Hoarder on 9/30/2023 & rated 94 points: NOT READY - clearly beautiful, intense and with bags of stuffing for the future, but in my opinion this is just about approachable but realistically not ready, specifically as the tannins are still very chewy and need time to settle.
This was decanted for 1 hour, returned to bottle, slow oxed for a further 1-1.5 hours while we polished off something else, and then returned to the decanter and drunk over 2-3 hours. It did not settle down. The tannins remained teeth coating and raw. If I had a second bottle I would be very pleased with myself but I would leave it for a guesstimate 3-5 year period, if not longer. (4694 views) | | | Tasted by COBRAKAI on 9/4/2023 & rated 96 points: This wine is in the sweet spot right now.
I’m sure it will continue to shine over the next 5 years (4517 views) | | | Tasted by HalaniMD on 8/25/2023 & rated 96 points: 100% sangiovese (don't know why I thought this was a super tuscan). The color was dark ruby. On the nose, the first notes I got were dark fruits and cinnamon. On the palate, plenty of fruit again dark and hints of clove and tar. The tannins were well-integrated with a really long finish. Drank the entire bottle. Would buy again in a heartbeat. Wish I had bought several bottles to taste over time. (4494 views) | | | Tasted by J_H on 8/19/2023 & rated 94 points: - Still somewhat closed nose, more red fruit of red plums, cherries, the wood is in the background and the dispositions are absolutely right. Opens up more and more with time. Should definitely be decanted.
- The palate is still a little too full-bodied, with a distinctive red fruit, rounded tannins, even if still very present, the wood is also well integrated here with toasting flavours. The acidity carries very nicely, the length is characterised by it. With time, however, it becomes a little ponderous, the complexity is medium.
- 94 points, decant and ideally wait 3-5 years. (3261 views) | | | Tasted by Tschudix on 8/19/2023 & rated 93 points: Drunk with LT and JH. Great approach already. Amazing Nose (spicy flavours). Great Palate. Overall what a beauty but has not reached his potential yet. (3749 views) | | | Tasted by jocelyng on 7/23/2023 & rated 93 points: No formal note (4446 views) | | | Tasted by Andrewbdc on 5/7/2023 & rated 93 points: Black Lion Wine Club - Lib Dem Italian Tasting (The Black Lion): Deep garnet. Pronounced nose and palate, very complex. Black cherry, cinnamon, cloves, vanilla, chocolate, tobacco, smoke, leather, balsamic glaze. High acidity, sandy tannins, long finish. I find the alcohol is not well integrated at this stage and sticks out a bit. This is outstanding but I was left slightly disappointed. It clearly has the structure and fruit intensity to age for many more years and I would suggest holding till at least 2028. (5282 views) | | | Tasted by Collector1855 on 3/12/2023 & rated 93 points: During a walkabout event, no detailed tasting notes. The Fontodi wines had good aromas but felt very tannic today. (5703 views) | | | Tasted by NoTrollingerPlease on 3/11/2023: A matter of taste 2023 - Day 1 (The Dolder Grand, Zurich): *** Brief notes from wine fair, primarily for my own memory ***
Glass: Stölzle Universal
Beautiful deep ruby-garnet color. Wonderful nose. Powerful tannin, a bit drying, very elegant and balanced. Spicy, beautiful texture, very herbaceous and long! 94-95+ (5146 views) | | | Tasted by ajeeja on 2/21/2023 & rated 93 points: Fast-forward 6 years and this is now really getting together. It’s still a tad tight and not as layered as I’d expect it, but has impressive structure and this is just now entering its early drinking window. Beautiful Sangiovese expression, a Supertuscan without a doubt. Give it a few hours decant if opened now or hold as it still has plenty of baby fat to shade. This is only going to improve in the next 5+ years and it will hold effortlessly for more than a decade. 93 today but clear up-ward potential. (5394 views) | | | Tasted by RPatching on 2/10/2023 & rated 99 points: It’s almost 3 years since I tasted this from my cellar as the received wisdom was that this was shutting-down
I decided it was time to taste it again - conclusion?
It is everything and more than it was pre shut-down. This has to be the sweet spot.
Drink it, drink it, drink it!!!
Enjoy!!! (5024 views) | | | Tasted by bonedoc on 2/7/2023: 2013 Super Tuscans
Cepparello: bright ripe, accesible, easy drinking, delicious, a suprise favorite
Fontalloro: darker fruit profile, toasty oak, excellent concentration, great qpr
Percarlo: as usual, such a pretty wine, medium body and some red fruits, good acidity
Sodi: darker fruit profile, bigger wine
Flaccianello: young, tannic, didn't stand out likely bc needs more time. (4702 views) | | | Tasted by AAJR on 1/7/2023 & rated 94 points: Notes from memory as I forgot to record after consuming last week. Powerful & grippy even after a serval hour decant. Lots of black & blue fruit perfect to enjoy with Sunday Sauce. This is a HOLD for me as this wine has a bright future. (4341 views) | | | Tasted by sirpat00 on 10/30/2022 & rated 94 points: Double-decanted to remove the sediment. Nice, partly sugar-coated red berry fruit with a fine mineral layer and floral complexity. Mouthcoating tannin and searing acidity still hence will probably benefit from more bottle age, but otherwise well-built and multi-layered. (5275 views) | | | Tasted by T.E.D. on 9/17/2022 & rated 93 points: My first bottle in a few years. Much more open for business. Aromatic and layered with cherry and herbal notes. Structured on the palate with spice and earth elements. (4989 views) | | | Tasted by Costes76 on 9/6/2022 & rated 96 points: Medium+ ruby color. Wonderfully layered nose of blackcurrant, vanilla, forest floor with an eucalyptus kicker. Dry, balanced acidity and structure, palate follows through. Full body, Fantastic balance, Long nuanced finish. (5120 views) | | | Tasted by jocelyng on 2/9/2022 & rated 93 points: Consistently excellent. Great now with a little carafe time. 93-94. (7156 views) | | | Tasted by sfwinelover1 on 1/14/2022 & rated 97 points: First of 3 ($90@) from Total (they gave me a generous discount, so I don’t mind naming them). On the nose and palate, wild red berries and currants, underbrush, dark florals, bitter chocolate, forest spice and classic Tuscan notes of cedar, smoke, ground spice and earthy minerality. Dark garnet, full-bodied, medium to thick legs. Intensely tannic and acidic, no heat. Crazy high complexity, intensity and persistence. After surviving the Maui wine desert for the past 8 nights—well, Maui has other rewards, but the Westin villas did have a restaurant with a fabulous 400+ bottle list which was covid-closed, damn it—sfwl wanted to come back with a roar, and crack a Flac, the first he’s bought after sipping several vintages at tastings, bought on a weird day 8 months ago, even if it meant risking infanticide. Out of the bottle, this was angular, feral, ferocious yet fascinating, but no easy quaff, this. Sipping it a few times revealed it finally got to a point where it was showing its stuff in a way I could most appreciate somewhere just before the 5th hour, as the fruit picked up steam and the structure calmed down a bit, making the wine extraordinary, if still not completely harmonious. Taut as piano wire, this wine is all savoriness and freshness, not something, I suspect, being consumed at Casa del Venge. Not surprisingly, while it’s hard for me to imagine ever turning down a properly aerated glass, or more, of this under any circumstances, it really hits its highest gear with food, deep dish pizza night 1 and roasted chicken breast and veggies night 2; I can imagine it slicing through the most marbled ribeye like a fine knife just off the strop. This hits sfwl’s spec bang on, combining subtle expressiveness with profound power that just goes on and on, until even the Energizer Bunny is waving the white flag. Night 2 brought a redux to the process, with the acidity leading the wine around by the nose for 60-90 minutes, before it reattained Night 1’s results. Not unlike the recent ‘10 Canalicchio Riserva, the length of time this needed to hit its peak this time around tells me that this has at least 1, and possibly several legs up, over the next 5-7 years, then will last just about forever, all the while teetering on perfection. Wow, wow, wow. Back in the day, as in 18 months-2 years ago, this, Tig and Guado could often be had for $100- in all but the most amazing vintages, but they’re all within shouting distance of $150 at this point, even though you can do a whole helluva lot worse, and often will, in my home state, at that level. But I wish I bought the other 2 bottles of this Total had at this price, which borders on the larcenous. 96++ now, but with 98+++ potential in the 5-7, compromising in the middle for my score. This is one the pros got right—4 scores of 97-98–and CT has just gotten flat wrong, IMO, probably because too many people are drinking this too young and without enough air. As great of an expression of the mighty sangio as I’ve been privileged to enjoy. Bravo! (6810 views) | | | Tasted by Schiffy on 12/19/2021 & rated 94 points: Expressive ruby red fruit that needs at least a two hour decant. Super young but at the same time drinking very well with structure and notes of leather, cedar and bitter chocolate on the finish. Obviously this will evolve and likely will get better but its doing very well right now. (5905 views) | | | Tasted by phandley66 on 12/5/2021 & rated 92 points: Nose of cherry, red fruit. . Nice but a bit on the tart side. Lots of tart cherry, very acidic. Paired with a veal roast which wasn't ideal tbh as it couldn't match the acidity. Drink now or over next 5 years (5779 views) | | | Tasted by tobyc on 12/4/2021 & rated 94 points: Deep garnet. Fragrant bouquet w. cherry stones and milk chocolate. High on finely grained tannins, balanced magnificiently by the concentrated dark fruits. In the deeper layers, chocolate, mushrooms and earthy notes peek out. Extremely long outro. Five years more would not harm. Maybe even ten.
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Decanter, DFWE Cellar Collection 2023 (11/11/2023)
(Fontodi, Flaccianello delle Pieve, Sangiovese, Toscana, Tuscany, Italy, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Panel Tasting
Decanter, Wines of the Year 2023 (11/2/2023)
(Fontodi, Flaccianello della Pieve, Sangiovese, Colli della Toscana Centrale, Tuscany, Italy, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Michaela Morris
Decanter, Flaccianello Vertical (10/16/2018)
(Fontodi, Flaccianello della Pieve, Colli della Toscana Centrale, Tuscany, Italy, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (4/21/2018)
(Fontodi, Flaccianello della Pieve IGT Colli della Toscana Centrale IGP Colli della Toscana Centrale Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Chianti Classico: The Stellar 2015s and Surprising 2014s (Jan 2018) (1/18/2018)
(Fontodi Flaccianello Della Pieve Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Michael Godel
WineAlign (10/23/2017)
(Fontodi Flaccianello Della Pieve red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (11/9/2016)
(Fontodi Colli della Toscana Centrale Flaccianello della Pieve, Italy) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2014 Chianti Classico: Better Late Than Never (Oct 2016) (10/1/2016)
(Fontodi Flaccianello Della Pieve) Subscribe to see review text. | By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (9/19/2016)
(Fontodi, Flaccianello della Pieve IGT Colli della Toscana Centrale Red) Subscribe to see review text. |
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Source: VinConnect (VinConnect.com)
One of the most admired and dynamic estates in the Chianti Classico area, Fontodi is located in the acclaimed “Conca d’Oro” (Golden Shell), an amphitheatre of vineyards just south of the hilltop town of Panzano in Chianti. The area’s particular terroir has been highly regarded for centuries for its quality wine production, thanks to a unique combination of altitude, soil composition, sunny exposure and ideal microclimate (warm and dry with a significant difference in day and nighttime temperatures). In 1968, the Fontodi property was purchased by the Manetti family, historically renowned for centuries in the Chianti area for its production of characteristic terracotta tiles. Since that time, the Manetti family has been continuously dedicated to the improvement and development of the entire estate, today under the guidance of Giovanni Manetti, from the state of the art production facilities to the meticulously tended vineyards.
The estate is certified organic and extends over about 130 hectares (320 acres), of which 80 (200 acres) are planted to vine. The property also farms about 40 hectares (100 acres) of olive trees, for the production of organic olive oil, and raises its own herd of Chianina cattle, utilizing the manure, mixed with vine cuttings, for organic compost. Every aspect of the activities carried out in the winery and vineyard are based on the principles of respect for nature and sustainability, essentially allowing the estate to operate autonomously by maximizing internal resources. The result is a wine that is a truer and more pure expression of the grape variety and the territory.
A new and modern cellar has recently been added to the property, constructed on descending levels to take advantage of gravity, a much softer process for the grapes, guaranteeing the utmost respect for the natural integrity of each berry. Vinification is carried out in stainless steel tanks or large wooden casks and ageing takes place in a combination of oak casks and French oak barriques, depending on the particular wine. Sangiovese-based wines make up the majority of the production with celebrated labels such as the Flaccianello della Pieve, Chianti Classico Riserva Vigna del Sorbo and Chianti Classico. Fontodi also produces several wines from international grape varieties including Case Via Syrah, Case Via Pinot Nero, and Meriggio Sauvignon Blanc.
Antonio Galloni of The Wine Advocate recently said of Manetti: “A maniacal attention to detail in both the vineyards and cellar sets Fontodi apart as one of Italy’s most inspired producers.”Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve Colli della Toscana Centrale IGTAppellation: Colli Toscana Centrale IGT
Grapes: Sangiovese 100%
Vineyards: Selection of the best vineyards
Density: 6,000 vines per hectar
Training: Guyot
Fermentation: In temperature controlled stainless steel tanks with indigenous yeasts for at least 3 weeks. Malolactic in barrels
Ageing: In new Troncais and Allier barrels for at least 18 months
Average: 60,000 bottles
Source: http://www.fontodi.com/eng/vino_01.asp ©Azienda Agricola Fontodi di Giovanni e Marco Manetti S.SSangioveseSANGIOVESE: (Pronounced "sahn-joh-vhe-se").
Sangiovese - Italy's claim to fame, the pride of Tuscany. Traditionally made, the wines are full of cherry fruit, earth, and cedar. It produces Chianti (Classico), Rosso di Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino, Rosso di Montepulciano, Montefalco Rosso, and many others. Sangiovese is also the backbone in many of the acclaimed, modern-styled "Super-Tuscans", where it is blended with Bordeaux varietals (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc) and typically aged in French oak barrels, resulting a wine primed for the international market in the style of a typical California cabernet: oaky, high-alcohol, and a ripe, jammy, fruit-forward profile.[16]
Semi-classic grape grown in the Tuscany region of Italy. Used to produce the Chianti and other Tuscan red wines. Has many clonal versions, two of which seem to predominate. The Sangiovese Grosso clone Brunello variety is used for the dark red, traditionally powerful and slow-maturing "Brunello di Montalcino" wine. The other is the Sangiovese Piccolo, also known under the historical synonym name Sangioveto, used for standard Chianti Classico DOC wines. Old vine derived wine is often used in the better versions, needing several years ageing to reach peak. A third clone, Morellino, is used in a popular wine blend with the same name found in the southern part of the province. Recent efforts in California with clones of this variety are very promising, producing medium-bodied reds with rich cherry or plumlike flavors and aromas. Among the available clonal versions are R6 and R7, derived from the Montalcino region of Italy, having average productivity/ripening and producing small berries on medium size clusters. R10 and R24 are well-recommended. R23, listed as deriving from the Emilia-Romagna region, has good vigor with medium-small clusters with earlier ripening. R102 derives from the Montepulciano region and reported to have average vigor with moderate productivity that results in higher sugar levels and good acidity from medium-small berries on medium-small clusters. Has synonym name of Nielluccio where grown in Corsica.Italy Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorTuscany Tuscany (ItalianMade.com) | Tuscanyt |
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