Brunello di Montalcino, 2018

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2018

75cl

£156.41

2018

6x75cl

£938.42

2018

6x75cl

£938.42

Poggio di Sotto, Brunello di Montalcino, 2018

2018

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Poggio di Sotto, Brunello di Montalcino, 2018

One of the great Brunellos, Poggio di Sotto’s 2018 is a gorgeous wine. Ripe and sumptuous with a cherry-laced, strawberry and balsamic-sweet bouquet, the palate offers up a rich seam of brambly herbs, garrigue and red and black cherries. Complexing savoury notes of leather and sandalwood, with hints of white pepper knock with melting velvety tannins and a juicy, supple line of acidity that makes the 2018 a joy to drink. Though clearly ageworthy it already offers an enormous amount of pleasure thanks to its overall luminous, aromatic feel. The 2018 feels measured and mid-weight, a harmonious representation of the vintage. The 2018 was bottled after 30 months in oak. There is so much to love here.

ABV:

14%

96/100

Susan Hulme, The Wine Independent

The Poggio di Sotto estate lies in the beautiful south-eastern zone of the DOCG in Castelnuovo dell’Abate facing towards Mont Amiata, a sacred mountain to the Etruscans. This 2018 Poggio di Sotto Brunello di Montalcino has a beautifully precise and bright, spicy, red fruit quality on the nose. On the palate it is tightly wrought and a little closed and reserved right now. It is medium-bodied and lighter in concentration than usual but nothing feels heavy, over extracted or forced about this wine. There is a graceful harmony on the palate although the vintage was cooler and more classic. Poggio di Sotto have made a fresh, lively wine that has beautiful balance and flow.

Date Reviewed:

02/2023

94/100

Eric Guido, Vinous

The 2018 Brunello di Montalcino captivates, opening slowly with an 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. This 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. This was a very difficult vintage with a massive amount of rain in August that made vineyard work very difficult, but also extremely important. That said, the team at Poggio did a fantastic job finding balance. Do make sure to give the 2018 a good amount of time, as I followed this for three days, through which it only got better and better.

Date Reviewed:

12/2022

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Poggio di Sotto

History

Founded in 1989 by Tuscan legend Piero Palmucci, Poggio di Sotto has swiftly become a benchmark, traditional Brunello estate, producing some of the most refined and sought-after wines in the region. In 2011, Poggio di Sotto became part of the Collemassari Wine Estates. Their 10 hectares of vineyards are all planted with low-yielding Sangiovese Grosso clones in the sunny Castelnuovo del Abate region on the south east side of Montalcino. With protection from Monte Amiata, The vineyards are situated at three different levels between 250 and 400 metres above sea level and the viticulture is organic.

Well exposed vineyards tempered by cooling breezes, high quality clones and gentle winemaking, make for some of the most ethereal and seductive wines in Tuscany. Piero Palmucci sold the estate in 2012 to Claudio Tipa, owner of great Bolgheri estate Grattamacco. Claudio has kept the same team in place and has made good on his commitment to changing nothing in production or winemaking. The future of this great Tuscan estate is secured.

Production

The wine is fermented gently with extended maceration and frequent pumping over, and then aged for a minimum of three and a half years in large used Slavonian oak casks. The estate’s entire production amounts to 3,000 cases, including the Rosso.

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