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2018 Poggio di Sotto Brunello di Montalcino

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2018 Poggio di Sotto Brunello di Montalcino

RATINGS

96+ The Wine Advocate

The tannins are silky and melt over the palate. Along the way, the wine offers high notes of red cherry, cassis and blue flower.

96Jeb Dunnuck

...fresh and floral bouquet, with aromas of ripe raspberries, anise, and orange pith. Medium-bodied and approachable now, it offers fine tannins and a clean, weightless feel, with a pithy texture and notes of white tea on the finish.

95Wine Enthusiast

The nose is metallic, earthy and stony, with cherry undertones providing levity. Cherries take a star turn on the palate, with strawberries and raspberries playing crucial supporting roles, while a tension between astringent orange and creamy mocha emerges on the lengthy finish.

94Vinous / IWC

...exotic array of sweet spices, cedar shavings, ashen stone, mint and hints of sage. It’s luxuriously soft in texture, silky and refined, with depths of balsamic-tinged cherries accelerated by vibrant acidity and a hint of sour citrus that adds contrast...finishes with impressive structure for the vintage, still lively yet classically dry, leaving nuances of tart berries offset by a burst of inner sweetness that punctuates quite well.

93Wine Spectator

A dense red hallmarked by flavors of cherry, plum, loamy earth, thyme, sage, sanguine and tobacco. Austere, with lively acidity and dusty tannins holding court on the compact finish.

93James Suckling

Attractive nose of salted plums, sour cherries, dried roses and rosemary stems. Firm yet sleek with a medium to full body and layers of fresh fruit with delicious herb undertones.

17.5Jancis Robinson

Savoury and with hints of raw meat and still quite embryonic and reductive. Needs lots of aeration to show gorgeous raspberry hints. On the palate, lush fruit with long, polished, yet chewy, tannins. Perfumed, sweet raspberry fruit follows through the finish.

PRODUCER

Poggio di Sotto

Poggio di Soto was established in 1989 in Castelnuovo dell’Abate, in southern Montalcino, by Piero Palmucci. Palmucci had researched the area to find the best location for Sangiovese Grosso and within a few years he was making notable Brunello. In 2011 he sold the estate to Claudio Tipo, owner of the wineries Colle Massari and Grattamacco. The 25-acre estate is completely organic. The three wines produced Brunello di Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino Riserva (made only in exceptional vintages), and Rosso di Montalcino.

REGION

Italy, Tuscany, Brunello di Montalcino

Brunello di Montalcino is regarded as one of Italy’s best appellations. Located in south central Tuscany below Chianti, the wines of Brunello di Montalcino DOCG are made of a Sangiovese clone called “brunello,” which means “little dark one,” a reference to the brown tones in the skin of the grape. Unlike some Tuscan appellations that allow other grapes to be blended with Sangiovese, Brunello di Montalcino is entirely Sangiovese. Montalcino itself is a picturesque, hill-top town not especially well known for wine production until the mid-19th century, when a local vineyard owner isolated the brunello clone and planted it. Other growers followed suit. Nevertheless it wasn’t until 1970s that wine enthusiasts started paying attention to Brunello di Montalcino, which by then was becoming an outstanding wine. Today there are 120 estates in the DOCG, up from about 25 estates in 1975. Brunellos in general are bigger, darker, more tannic and more powerful wines than Chiantis or most other Sangioveses. By law they must be aged for four years, and two of those years must be in wooden barrels.