IL Poggione, Brunello di Montalcino - 2011
WS 91
RP 95
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Italy
Sangiovese
Red Wine
Brunello is the prince of Montalcino wines, produced exclusively from Sangiovese grapes picked by hand from the oldest vines in the farm. After a careful fermentation at controlled temperature, Tenuta Il Poggione Brunello di Montalcino is aged for three years in French oak barrels. After being aged in wood, the wine is bottle aged: this is an essential process in guaranteeing the pleasantness and the complexity that have made the Brunello di Montalcino world-famous.
Wine Spectator Notes : A beefy style, evoking plum, leather, tobacco and earth flavors, backed by dense, dusty tannins. Starts out juicy before the gruff finish takes over. Fresh and long. Best from 2018 through 2027.
Robert Parker Notes : Il Poggione has done a terrific job with its 2011 Brunello di Montalcino. The wine is soft, yielding and charged with a velvety and smooth texture. It is deeply redolent of dark berry, black cherry, spice, leather and tobacco. The wine's sunny personality never feels flat or too dense. In fact, the wine offers a very tight and steely backbone that gives the wine stature and strength. This is one of my favorite Brunellos from the 2011 vintage.
Tasting Notes : 36 months in large French oak barrels followed by a long bottle aging. Ruby red in colour, with a very intense, persistent nose and with red fruit notes. Warm, balanced flavour with velvet-smooth tannins. Long-lasting aroma.
Fact Sheet
Vintage :
2011
Type :
Red
Grape Variety Used :
Sangiovese
Bottle Size (ml) :
750
Alcohol Level :
14.5%
Wine Closure :
Cork
Style :
Full Bodied & Firm
Producer :
IL Poggione
Region :
Tuscany
Serving Temperature :
18 °C