Ron Siegel

9.3

Great drinking Brunello that is showing good balance, aromatics with its bright dark berry fruit, spice, dried herbs, menthol, tobacco & violets — a month ago

Matthew Cohen

9.7

One of my favorite dessert wines on earth. Full stop.

Nose: intense aged dried apricot. Psychotic. So Intense.

Palate : so intense. So dense. Rehydrate dried apricot. Spice. Wow.

Fass selections — 5 months ago

Jess

9.2

Medium ruby color.
Aromas of red fruit, rose, leather.
Dry. Flavors of red cherry, strawberry, rose, hint of tar. Fruity & floral. Lovely!

Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 3/5
Balance: 5/5
Finish: 4/5 — a year ago

Dan Tortora

9.0

Delicious, tannins really softened btwn hours 2-3 — 2 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.1

Shiverick

Nose: fresh. Saline. White flowers.

Palate: fresh. Mineral. Sweet lemon.

Long saline

$22.50 — 3 months ago

Willem Booij

9.3

Fine Thursday evening wine😋 — 4 months ago

Hannws

9.5

2006 - drink now!!! — a year ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.3

Ruby to garnet
Crunchy
Big cherry, black truffle, mushrooms, preserved peaches, iron. Long and fresh.
This guy apparently has worked with all the top sangiovese handlers such as Palmucci, Gambelli, Manetti and so on, but lost the train to become famous and still he is doing the right thing
This is just more than an ordinary Montecucco and fits perfectly in the "serious sangiovese" bracket. I expect it to age beatifully for quite a while. Demeter producer. — a year ago

Jay Kline

9.4

This is my 3000th tasting note on Delectable so I suppose I should celebrate by opening something fun. Flaccianello? Ovviamente!

While it’s labeled an IGT and colloquially considered a Super Tuscan, Flaccianello delle Pieve could legally be labeled as a Chianti Classico Riserva. However, Giovanni Manetti of Azienda Agricola Fontodi opts not to do so (despite the fact that he’s the current Chairman of the Conzorsio). The name, “Flaccianello delle Pieve” comes from the eponymous single-vineyard; the original source of grapes. However, around the turn of the millennium, Flaccianello became a blend of Fontodi’s best fruit throughout the estate. Over all the years, despite the changes in fruit source and aging regimen, Flaccianello remains 100% Sangiovese and 100% Panzano in Chianti.

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a couple of hours. The 2011 pours a deep, translucent garnet with a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity with moderate staining of the tears and some signs of sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of ripe and dried Morello cherry, raspberries, red flowers, leather, mushrooms, cigar box, menthol, organic earth and wonderful fine baking spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acidity. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long, delicious and warming as the alcohol is pretty elevated. But whoa…what a beauty.

Okay, yeah…this is a modern take on Chianti Classico but my goodness, this is undeniably delicious and unabashedly Italian. Back in 2011, Flaccianello was aged in a combination of barriques from Troncais and Allier, all 100% new; an era that was arguably the most modern for this wine. Over the last 10 or so years however, there has been a shift towards less time in new barrique and large casks have now been introduced for the last six months of cellar aging. While I look forward to trying some of these more contemporary examples, I am very impressed with this 2011 and expect it will continue to show well through 2035. — 4 months ago

Ayyyy

9.5

Juicy, fruity red. Deep and complex aerate — 2 years ago