2018 Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve Colli della Toscana Centrale IGT, Tuscany, Italy (750ml) Costco dried red berries

dried red berries

Grapes come from Hess's Veeder Hills Vineyard atop its Mount Veeder estate

solitary redwood that towers above the vineyard

and hints of blood orange and dried cranberries

2018 Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve Colli della Toscana Centrale IGT, Tuscany, Italy (750ml) Costco dried red berriesTASTING NOTES: The 2018 Flaccianello della Pieve is another stellar wine from Fontodi. It is the richest Flaccianello ever made (in terms of dry extract), with elevated acidity that trails the 2016 by just a touch, but it does not taste like that at all. Dark cherry, violet, lavender, spice, mocha and graphite build with a bit of time in the glass. Like the Sorbo, the 2018 Flaccianello is not a wine of size, as in most previous years, but rather a