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Flaccianello della Pieve 2009 75cl

IGT | Colli della Toscana Centrale | Toskana | Italien
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96 Wine Spectator
The first impression of this red is purity and finesse, as black currant, raspberry and violet aromas and flavors stay focused and persistent. An earthy leather element and mineral notes chime in on the finish, backed by a vibrant structure. Sangiovese. Best from 2015 through 2032. 5,000 cases made. –BS
94 Robert Parker
The 2009 Flaccianello della Pieve is a bit of a shock to the palate after 20+ older vintages. Still, it is impossible to miss the wine’s striking purity and finesse. Today the 2009 is a bit of a brute, but it should mellow out over the next 5-7 years as the tannins start to soften. Firm tannins frame layers of ripe, juicy fruit in this young, extroverted Flaccianello. Anticipated maturity: 2017-2029. This complete vertical of Fontodi’s flagship 100% Sangiovese Flaccianello was yet another of the remarkable tastings of my recent trip to Tuscany. Flaccianello is an interesting wine because the quality level that is the norm today only really starts around 2001. Prior to that the wines were very good, and sometimes even better than that, but not profound. In 2001 proprietor Giovanni Manetti made the decision to focus on his estate’s best fruit rather than making Flaccianello as a single-vineyard wine. Since then, Flaccianello has routinely been among the most exciting wines in Tuscany. Much of the fruit that now goes into Flaccianello comes from vineyards in the Pecille sub-zone of Panzano with a full southern exposure. Today Flaccianello is 100% Sangiovese, but the first vintages up to and including 1984 have 15% white grapes, as was common at the time. The early vintages up until 1990 spent about one year in French oak barrels, 50% new. In the mid-1990s Manetti increased the period of barrel aging to 18 months with the 1997, and then to 24 months with the 2006. Today the percentage of new barrels is close to 100%. Fontodi Flaccianello Key Points: 1. 100% Sangiovese aged in French oak barrels 2. Since 2001 made from the estate’s best fruit across a number of vineyards in Panzano’s historic Conca d’Oro, prior to that a strict single-vineyard wine. 3. Flaccianello’s status as an icon wine is cemented beginning in 2001 4. One of the more powerful of the 100% Sangioveses from Chianti Classico 5. Aging potential: 20+ years
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Fontodi
Die traditionelle Weinproduktion von Fontodi, das im berühmten Conca d’Oro von Panzano liegt, begeistert Sammler wie Kritiker schon seit Jahrzehnten. Fontodi hat nicht nur ein einzigartiges Terroir – in großer Höhe mit Böden aus kalkhaltigem Tonschiefer, viel Sonnenschein und vor allem einem warmen und trockenen Mikroklima –, sondern in der Person von Giovanni Manetti auch einen ausgesprochen engagierten Besitzer. Die Familie Manetti, mit einem jahrhundertealten toskanischen Hintergrund als Terrakottafliesenmacher, erwarb das Anwesen 1968. Die 130 Hektar sind bio-zertifiziert und auf 70 Hektar bestockt. Auch die langjährige Unterstützung durch Winzer Franco Bernabei beförderte den Ruf des Gutes, das sechs hochfeine Rotweine und einen im Fass fermentierten Weißen produziert. Der Flaccianello della Pieve war einer der ersten toskanischen reinen Sangiovese-Weine und rangiert kontinuierlich an der Spitze. Der Chianti Classico ist ein Maßstäbe setzender Fontodi, an den so schnell nichts heranreicht, ganz zu schweigen vom Chianti Classico Riserva. Vigna del Sorbo ist eine Klasse für sich – ein gewaltiger, intensiver und genuiner Toskaner.