blackberry and plum cruising alongside black pepper
with a creamy violet flavor with ripe blueberries
This wine pairs well with white meats like pork and chicken and flaky fish like hake
intense aromas that highlight the varietal typicality
with fine-grained tannins carrying the wine to a long
Fontodi - Flaccianello della Pieve 2018 (750ml) Red Hills Lake County blackberry and plum cruising alongsideThe 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 wine that exudes