Brunello Di Montalcino
    Poggio di Sotto

    Brunello Di Montalcino, 2018

    96/100
    The Wine Independent
    94/100
    Vinous
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      2018

      6x75cl

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      £941.53

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    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.

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    Critic Reviews

    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.
    drinking window 2023 - 2035
    date of review 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.
    drinking window 2025 - 2033
    date of review 12/2022

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    Specifications

    Country:
    Italy
    Region:
    Tuscany
    Appellation:
    Montalcino
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Sangiovese
    abv:
    13.5%

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