Brunello Di Montalcino, 2016

Name: Brunello Di Montalcino
Brand: Poggio di Sotto
Price: 921.53 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2011 2016 2018 2019 2020

justerini & brooks tasting note

Heady, complex and radiant. Beautiful and sweetly-scented aromas waft from the glass with notes of stylish ruby fruit and a ferrous, spicy minerality. Almost Pinot-esque in its seduction. So finely textured on the palate, with present but sweet tannins, a really refined supporting Sangiovese framework with a supple, long, lacy acidity which gives the wine a persistent and elegant feel. Mouth coating and intense but so vibrant and detailed and long. Magical.This wine is produced from vineyards situated at 200, 300, and 400 meters above sea level, with various expositions. The soil is poor and rocky, mainly composed of clay and limestone. The production area is located in Castelnuovo dell’Abate, facing the Orcia River valley in the South-East region of Montalcino. The harvest is made manually. The selection of the grapes is extremely rigorous, resulting in very low yields. Vinification is in oak vats, with spontaneous fermentations led by indigenous yeasts and long macerations. This wine is aged for 40 months in 30 hl Slavonian oak casks. It was bottled end of May 2020.

critic reviews

98/100Monica Larner,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

From one of my favorite vintages ever comes the Poggio di Sotto 2016 Brunello di Montalcino. What I love about this wine is that citrusy note of orange zest that appears so beautifully on the bouquet, giving it lift and energy. You also get dark fruit, cherry and a finely chiseled mineral note that comes from schistic galestro soils. With this vintage, the winemaking team started harvesting in phases as a way of mitigating any possible adverse weather conditions. In other words, some of the fruit is harvested early to avoid bad weather and some might be harvested later if weather conditions proceed nicely. This is a technique that the winery continues to practice today.

DRINKING WINDOW 2025 - 2048

date of review 11/2024

96/100Eric Guido,Vinous

You can lose yourself in the bouquet of the 2016 Poggio di Sotto Brunello di Montalcino. At one moment, the 2016 shows crushed cherries with autumnal spice; the next, it’s exotic florals and candied orange peels, and at another time flowery undergrowth, white smoke and wild berries. It’s unbelievably soft and pure, lifting the wine through saline-minerals, as sweet notes of cherry and raspberry begin to slowly saturate, yet what they leave behind is youthfully grippy tannins. With how structured the 2016 is today, it’s still enjoyable due to nervous acids and notes of sour citrus, which keep the expression fresh. The 2016 Poggio di Sotto Brunello is really a terrific effort and a classic in the making.

DRINKING WINDOW 2026 - 2038

date of review 11/2020