Monday, January 6, 2014

Flaccianello della Pieve 2009 IGT

Variety: Sangiovese
Country of origin: Italy
Wine appellation: Tuscany, Colli
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 14.5%
Color: dark red
Bouquet: very expressive, intense, black cherries, you can feel tannins, and spices, cedar wood, black chocolate
Taste: medium to full body, excellent structure, stunning round profile, sweet sour cherries, spices, excellent mouth drying tannins, high content cocoa black chocolate, very long nicely lingering finish
Overall score: 4+9+13+8+9=93
Price: CZK 1885
Stopper: single piece cork
Fantastic Sangiovese, it was opened for two days and it taste even better when I decanted half bottle. It is still young and surely needs at least 3 to 5 years in cellar to show its true potential.

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