Fontodi Flaccianello Della Pieve 2020 750ml

96 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The Fontodi 2019 Flaccianello della Pieve is a standout wine. This pure Sangiovese opens to a dark garnet colour with more visible concentration and density compared to recent past editions. This is a beautiful wine with pliant tannins, dark fruit richness, balanced acidity and a fruit forward 15% alcohol content. The wine is big and bold when weighed on the Flaccianello scale, and even more so when weighed on the Sangiovese scale, with dark cherry, plum, spice, violet, chalk and campfire ash. Despite that power and inner opulence, this wine adds that zesty Sangiovese character with fresh acidity and an energized approach. This Flaccianello is whole and complete with the natural firmness and structure to hold it steady during the aging process.