Flaccianello della Pieve Fontodi 2012

Flaccianello della Pieve Fontodi 2012

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  • Vinous rating 97
  • Robert Parker rating 94
  • Jancis Robinson rating 17
Flaccianello della Pieve Fontodi 2012
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HED70256

75 cl

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£130.00
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97 Vinous
Tasted next to the 2012 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna del Sorbo, the Flaccianello is richer, deeper and more flamboyant. Super-ripe red stone fruit, smoke, licorice and dark spices meld together in a deep, powerful wine. The 2012 is impressive, but personally I prefer the finesse and freshness of the Sorbo. The greater influence of new French oak is also felt in the wine's texture. Still, that is splitting hairs, as the level here is high. Very high. — Antonio Galloni, 1st October 2016
94 Robert Parker
Whereas the 2011 vintage is overtly ripe, the 2012 Flaccianello della Pieve is slightly more evolved. Instead of sweet ripeness, you get savory ripeness with dried fruit, prune, black licorice, balsam herb, rosemary essence and scorched earth. The 2012 season produced fewer flowers, and yields in this vintage were naturally reduced as a result. Like 2011, however, this vintage saw an early harvest thanks to hot and dry conditions during the summer that increased the speed of ripening. This edition reveals more thickness and dense concentration as well, something you notice in the intensity of the mouthfeel and the firmness of the wine's tannic structure. — Monica Larner, 31st July 2019
17 Jancis Robinson
Aromas here are more savoury and refined than on the Felsina Fontalloro 2011. More perfumed too. Chewy but very finely textured tannins. Packed with dark fruit and spice. Long and too young to broach now, unless you have a chunk of protein to hand. (JH) — Julia Harding, 15th September 2015

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