Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve 1.5L MAGNUM 2022

Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve 1.5L MAGNUM is 100% Sangiovese from the oldest plots at Panzano, bottled in magnum for slower ageing.

The first vintage, in 1981, ran into Chianti Classico rules that still required white grapes in the blend; the label has carried IGT Toscana ever since. The vines grow high in the Conca d'Oro amphitheatre on galestro, a crumbly, schist-like marl the grape takes to. The Manetti family have owned the property since 1968 and farm it to certified organic standards. Fruit ferments in wood and concrete before about eighteen months in French barriques, then more time resting in bottle.

Dark cherry and tobacco carry through to a long savoury close, with a decade or more of cellaring still ahead. Open at 17–18°C; bistecca, game and aged pecorino all suit.

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