2013 Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve Colli della Toscana Centrale IGT

Community Tasting Notes (111) Avg Score: 93.7 points

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  1/25/2024 - jocelyng Likes this wine: 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 !

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  12/25/2023 - KSWinegeek wrote: 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.

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  10/21/2023 - skurtz Likes this wine: 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.

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  10/12/2023 - peternelson Likes this wine: 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!

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  9/30/2023 - Wine_Hoarder Likes this wine: 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.

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