2022 Fontodi Flaccianello | “Another Icon” - 97JS, 97FS, 96WA, 96WS, 95DC, 94+VN

Fontodi's Flaccianello belongs on anyone's list of benchmark Italian wines.  A selection of their best vinyards, it comes from Panzano’s famed Conca d’Oro (the golden shell), an amphitheater of steep hillside vineyards just outside the town center. Along with San Giusto a Rentennano’s Percarlo, Montevertine’s Le Pergole Torte, and Isole e Olena’s Cepparello, it is one of the great, 100% Sangiovese wines of Tuscany.  We are pleased to offer their latest release, the highly successful 2022...

2022 Fontodi Toscana ‘Flaccianello Della Pieve’
• 97JS, 97FS, 96WA, 96WS, 95DC, 94+VN

"This rich, fruity wine shows huge complexity. Aromas of plums, black cherries, fresh violets and licorice with touches of leather and graphite. Full-bodied, it displays a well-tamed structure, with firm tannins coated in fruit and chewy acidity that keeps the finish fresh and in balance. From organically grown grapes. Try from 2027." - Aldo Fiordelli

"Bright, elegant ruby red. On the nose, rich berry fruit, accompanied by light hints of dried blood orange; subtle earthy and spicy notes in the finish round out the bouquet. On the palate, it is hearty, with a juicy, salty undertone and clear fruit flavors, embedded in tightly woven tannins; it feels very compact, lingers for a long time, and the tannins are once again strongly present in the finish." - Othmar Kiem, Simon Staffler

"Another icon from Tuscany is the Fontodi 2022 Flaccianello della Pieve. This organic wine is beautiful, quite bold and thickly extracted. Across the board, these wines from the 2022 vintage made by Fontodi all show high alcohol and a rather robust character, and the same goes for the Flaccianello, whose alcohol content is 15%. This vintage is more accessible overall, with finely tuned tannins. This wine represents a selection of the best estate fruit at various elevations with both alberese limestone soils and galestro shale." - Monica Larner

"From some of the estate's highest vineyards in the Conca d'Oro, with a high proportion of pietraforte soils, this 2022 shows plenty of dark, succulent berries alongside spice and herbs. It's very youthful at this stage, and the oak is yet to fully integrate, however its future seems as bright as the penetrating acidity which washes around the tight core and prolongs the broad finish. Lovely!" - James Button

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2020 Fontodi Tuscany ‘Flaccianello Della Pieve’ 1.5Ltr
• 97JS, 96FS, 96WA, 96WS, 96VN

"Extremely floral with sage and licorice to the berry and dark cherry aromas that follow through to a medium body, with fine and silky tannins that run the length of the wine. Very crunchy for Flaccianello. Vivid on the palate. From organically grown grapes. Drink after 2025." - James Suckling

"Dark ruby red. Opens the nose with rich earthy tones of ripe plum and ripe Amarena cherry, hints of rum-steeped fruit, reverberating with walnut and mint. On the palate balsamic earthy tones, shows lots of tannin and grip, then in the back great juiciness. Still needs to come together; put away and forget for a few years." - Othmar Kiem, Simon Staffler

The 2020 Flaccianello della Pieve is the full package. This point is clear when you taste all the other wines in the Fontodi portfolio and conclude with this bottle. This organic Sangiovese shows beautiful intensity and remains balanced throughout with dark fruit, crushed stone, spice and wild rose. It borrows themes of elegance, depth and ripeness played across this vintage. The wine wraps smoothly over the palate with substantial fruit weight and sweet tannins. This warm-vintage expression can be aged or enjoyed straight out of the gate." - Monica Larner

"The 2020 Flaccianello della Pieve is a blend of Fontodi's vineyards, mostly three main vineyards planted on sites with very dense, heavy rocks. Dark, pliant and inviting, the 2020 is so expressive today. Black cherry, plum, spice, lavender, licorice and mocha are seamless in the glass. The 2020 is a fine Flaccianello with a bright future." - Antonio Galloni

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