Poggio di Sotto

Brunello Di Montalcino, 2020

Name: Brunello Di Montalcino
Brand: Poggio di Sotto
Price: 1012.33 GBP

94/100

Inside Bordeaux

97+/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

94.5/100

Vinous

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2020
6x75cl
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£1,012.33

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Beautifully toned, rippling red fruits and flowers with crushed stones and pliant, engaging tannins, the 2020 is classy, shimmering and engaging in feel. A more approachable, stylish, polished vintage that supported the full, traditional three years ageing in Slavonian oak cask – elegance and power combined. Bottled at a very measured 13.5% ABV.

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We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

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Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

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Critic Reviews

94.5/100

Eric Guido,

Vinous

Incredibly floral and mineral, the 2020 Brunello di Montalcino displays a cascade of rose petals, violets, white smoke, underbrush and dried strawberries. This is wickedly fresh and feminine in style, with a vibrant core of acidity and juicy red berry fruits that swirl throughout, complemented by a sweet herbal thrust. It finishes with lovely length and concentration yet is still potent with crunchy tannins and a resonance of savory spice that lingers on and on. This understated yet drop-dead gorgeous Poggio di Sotto Brunello should put on more weight with cellaring, but today, it's already enjoyable on its potential alone.

drinking window 2026 - 2038

date of review 11/2025

94/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

A cushion of fresh acidity, feels signature Brunello with its tobacco leaf, black tea, white truffles, crushed rose petals, vivid red fruits, lovely balance, no need to wait on this, get ready to share over a slowly unfolding meal.

drinking window 2025 - 2036

date of review 02/2025

97+/100

Monica Larner,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Very much still a baby at the time of my tasting, the Poggio di Sotto 2020 Brunello di Montalcino shares many similarities with the epic 2016 vintage in terms of its pretty perfumes and polished length. However, this elegant wine does not have the same sheer inner power. This bottle ultimately offers a fresh and charming interpretation of Sangiovese. This is a delicate wine with floral aromas, wild rose, crushed stone and white cherry. Aged in large Slavonian oak casks, it requires more time to flesh out. Harvest started the last week of August and finished the first week of October, which represents a conscious decision to start picking earlier than most. The vineyards are planted on schistic galestro soils, and that territorial imprint comes through strongly in all of these wines. I love that refreshing hint of lemon rind or navel orange at the very end.

drinking window 2027 - 2048

date of review 11/2024

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.