1996 Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve Colli della Toscana Centrale IGT

Community Tasting Notes (31) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  7/15/2021 - HEBRO 10 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Didnt hold up but the first glass was silk

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  3/28/2021 - Sieegs Likes this wine: 93 Points

  From perfect storage, this bottle was everything you want from a mature Fontodi. I do not see this improving, so if you have well stored bottles go ahead and open them up.

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  12/16/2020 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Gorgeous right now. Red cherry, raspberry, mushrooms, dried tomato leaf, smoked meat and a cool sanguine quality to it. Strucutre is great. Acidity is still alive and kicking, a little bit of tannins too. But that being said, drink now. Paired with a simple pasta topped with shaved white truffles.

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  11/1/2016 - whybuyone Likes this wine:

  This was a very nice bottle. Dark. Smooth. Well integrated. Not complex but still the solid a Sangiovese done Fontodi style. Hit its stride between hours 2 and 4. The fruit actually showed itself the most between hours 4 and 5.
  
  Of the 90s bottles I have tasted, it was second to the 95 (great vintage). Unlike a previous poster, I found it quite nice but that could be a testament to bottle variation. I found the 97 and 99 to be major letdowns compared to the 95 and 96.
  
  Drink now. This will probably start to fade within the next two to three years.

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  8/4/2016 - fokker Does not like this wine: 89 Points

  Drunk with pan-fried then roasted dry aged grass-fed UK rib-eye with bone in.
  Slightly better than the last bottle. Colour was slightly murky red/black. Nose of cherries and some rose but not suffiently compelling. Not enough sangivese fruit in the mouth, though the tannin is smooth.
  Really a let down compared with its illustrious siblings from other vintages.

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