Il Poggione Brunello Di Montalcino 2019
98 Points, The Tasting Panel – 96 Points, Vinous
This is one of the absolute best 2019 Brunellos you can find. It’s a highly-decorated 98-point masterpiece that demands a spot in any collector’s cellar with the structure and bones to age comfortably until 2075 or beyond. With just a few minutes in the glass, everything starts to unwind. Pure Sangiovese poetry: layers of dark cherry and plum wrapped in notes of tobacco and baking spice, all supported by those perfectly integrated tannins that only come from decades-old vines. This is Brunello that shows both power and elegance from the first sip, the kind of wine that defines why collectors obsess over great Montalcino.
Vinous captured it perfectly in their 96-point review: “Il Poggione has captured the radiance of the vintage” in a wine that “flows across the palate like pure silk.”
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98 Points, Tasting Panel
A seductive perfume of roses washed in mulberry is mirrored on the first sip. Piquant notes of cinnamon-spiced pomegranate and exotic floral tones of jasmine and tea leaves surround blueberry ganache. This silky and graceful wine’s alluring floral-and-berry character is memorable.
96 Points, Vinous
The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino pulls the taster close to the glass with its dark and earthy blend of crushed ashen stones, giving way to rosemary, cedar, exotic spice and a core of raspberry preserves. Enveloping and serene, this flows across the palate like pure silk, steadily building in tension as tart wild berries and orange hints give way to a sweet herbal thrust. The 2019 finishes with tremendous length and is classically structured, as crunchy tannins resonate and violet inner florals slowly fade over a tactile coating of minerality. Il Poggione has captured the radiance of the vintage, yet this is just a baby today.
A gem of a Brunello that can be drunk now or held for the next five years.
Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate declared, “Il Poggione always makes some of the smoothest and most texturally enriched wines in the appellation, and this vintage is no exception.” I would 100% agree with that statement. For me, it comes down to a couple of distinct advantages that the winery has over their peers.
First, the wine is made from the oldest vines on the estate, which is itself one of the oldest active vineyards in the region (planted in 1964). Secondly, those old roots have entrenched themselves deep into the steep slope of the hillside vineyard perched between 1000 and 1500 feet above sea level. This gives their wines character and immense depth that others couldn’t possibly replicate. It also helps the father-son team of Fabrizio and Alessandro Bindocci to craft a tightly interwoven masterpiece with bright cherry and plum flavors even with little water to go around.
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