Community Tasting Note

• OmiyaDrinker wrote: 90 points

  April 10, 2013 - Nice stuff but suffered a bit against the Flacianello 09 we tasted side by side. No shame in that but I would spend a bit more for the Flacianello or signifcantly less for "regular" Chianti Classico (e.g. Fontodi's regular bottling).

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• ArnoldToporowski commented:

  1/23/14, 9:01 AM - That has been exactly my strategy with Fontodi for many years! Buy lots of the regular Chianti, a few Flaccianello, and skip the Sorbo. the Sorbo is very good, but the Flaccianello is one of the best wines in Italy IMO.

• OmiyaDrinker commented:

  1/28/14, 7:28 AM - Ha Ha, Super! This has been my strategy since posting this note.
  
  You can't go wrong with any vintage of Fontodi Chianti Classico but the 06 was tremendous as with most Sangiovese in Tuscany. The 06 Flacianello is now very pricey though if you can find it. Looking forward to the 2010 once available.

• ArnoldToporowski commented:

  1/28/14, 7:55 AM - I was very lucky to get the '06 Flaccianello in 2010 for a great price when visiting the Fontodi winery. They were sold out of the '06, but said they thought the enoteca/bar in Panzano had some. So I just bought the '07 at the winery (for 48 euros), and went into town. and whaddaya know, at the bar they had the '06 for only 43 Euros! I took as many as could bring back in my luggage. :)

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