Flaccianello della Pieve 1999

This was a very good year, with a harvest that took place at just the right time. This Flaccianello started off its life slightly rustic, only becoming more elegant with time. It has an intense ruby-garnet colour with good concentration. Its aromas are appealing and intense. Though initially closed and reductive, they then opened up to become broad and complex, with notes of sweet violets, sour cherries, flint, tobacco and leather. Its flavour is intense, with good sustaining acidity and a still fairly marked tannic vein. The finish is long and quite warming.