Angelo Gaja describes 2009 as a year with a lot of rain until June

It has a perfumed bouquet of bilberry and mulberry fruit

Very rich on the palate

at least today

Medium bodied with some dryness in the mouth

Fontodi, Flaccianello della Pieve Size:6L Angelo Gaja describes 2009 asThe 2011 and 2012 vintages are close cousins, with the 2011 Flaccianello della Pieve appearing a bit softer and plumper around the midsection. This was a notoriously warm vintage that saw sugar and phenolic ripeness shoot up very quickly at the end of the growing season. Indeed, this wine produces a noticeable level of sweetness on the finish, all surrounded by jammy flavors of cherry confit and blackberry marmalade. My observation is that this 2011