Poggio di Sotto

Brunello Di Montalcino, 2011

Name: Brunello Di Montalcino
Brand: Poggio di Sotto
Price: 922.33 GBP

92/100

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2011
6x75cl
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£922.33

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

This is the first Poggio di Sotto vintage under new ownership. Owner Claudio Tipa has kept the same team in place including consultant Federico Staderini, who worked under Giulio Gambelli the legendary Tuscan consultant and foremost defender of the Sangiovese grape. Giulio sadly passed away in January 2012, 2011 would have been the last vintage he tasted from barrel. Structured and gripping but velvety enough, long fine flavours of liquer fruit, flowers, herbs and minerals. Great length of flavour and complexity. I took a severe selection to end up with such a fine result, producing 6000 bottles less than usual. Stunning effort. Made the traditional way, aged for 4 years in large used Slavonian oak casks.

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Critic Reviews

92/100

Eric Guido,

Vinous

The 2011 Brunello di Montalcino is darkly alluring with dusty dried flowers and earth tones that add a signature of early maturity as sweet spices and crushed blackberries find lift through a whiff of mentholated herbs. This is round and soothing on the palate, with ripe red and black fruits that swirl across a stream of juicy acidity as hints of tart cranberry add tension toward the close. The 2011 finishes long and staining, with fully resolved tannins yet still fresh, leaving cocoa and lavender notes to fade slowly. Time is not on the side of the 2011, yet it’s showing beautifully today. The purchase of Poggio Di Sotto was taking place around the same time as harvest, and as a result, the fruit was picked over a week later than intended. As a result, the new owners did the best they could, making a berry-by-berry selection. Yet, in the end, this is not representative of the approach at Poggio di Sotto.

drinking window 2024 - 2026

date of review 03/2024

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