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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 127 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Carlo Sarto on 3/31/2024: Brunellos made 50 years ago had one top of the line producer -- Biondi Santi and 2 second level -- Costanti and Barbi Reservas. Never tasted a Biondi-Santi . 68 Barbi Reserva and 70 Costanti Reserva were superb. This last bottle of a case of 6 was in the same class as the Costanti and Barbi. Perfect elegance, austere, not over-extracted. Dionysus smiled tonight. (218 views) | | | Tasted by Rezy13 on 12/29/2023 flawed bottle: Corked (431 views) | | | Tasted by Carlo Sarto on 12/17/2023: 19 mo. after previous note. Evolution. That unmistakeable taste of the beginning of decline of a Sangiovese grosso / Sangiovese is new. A wonderful, unique gentle sweetness. Only on the edges but clear and does not disappear. If you do not recognize it you may miss it. Whispers rather than shouts. Will enjoy my last bottle soon. Could deviate from the progression of the latest two. I learn from every turn. (391 views) | | | Tasted by acheng on 9/1/2022 & rated 94 points: Absolutely stunning tonight and once again outclassed the 2004 al vento and even the 04 fuligni riserva. Perhaps it’s because this is my last bottle of a 6 pack I bought years ago that made it so special. As to how il poggione was able to achieve this classic balanced brunello from this vintage, who knows but bravo! (1413 views) | | | Tasted by Carlo Sarto on 5/22/2022: In an absolutely perfect place. The taste is fully mature and wonderful. Brunello at its best. This bottle tells me to drink the remaining ones soon. No need to wait any longer unless you want to watch it fade. And there is no need to rush. No sign of taste losing its clarity. This is everything expected in a mature Brunello. An elegant Italian soprano Diva aria -- Renata Tebaldi.
Superb with roasted rack of lamb, fingerling potatoes and local asparagus. SO Yemen espresso (delicate chocolate earthiness) and Remy Martin XO Excellence (deep and nutty). (1455 views) | | | Tasted by nicholasagonzales on 2/20/2022 & rated 95 points: Incredible ruby color. There is a lot of life left in this bottle. It smells of blackberries and has floral notes. An outstanding wine. (1631 views) | | | Tasted by MilesLP on 7/9/2021 & rated 91 points: Beginning to show its legs. Most bottles have sediment. Wine does not stay clear. Fruit on the downslope. (1858 views) | | | Tasted by MilesLP on 3/3/2021 & rated 91 points: Dark garnet colour with dark fruit notes, full-bodied but with acidity, some bottles had flaky sediment (2033 views) | | | Tasted by bbakove on 12/29/2020 & rated 91 points: Moderately deep ruby color with a thin amber ring and broad clear meniscus.
Nose is moderately light with green stem at the base and dried red berry notes.
Acidity remains moderately bright and tannins are fine and still mouth drying.
Palate reflects the nose with an earthy influence...milk chocolate, baked cherry, leather, duff.
Acidity and tannins suggest more cellar time, but I estimate the fruit and tertiary flavors won't improve with time. Drink up. (1552 views) | | | Tasted by 1961Vintage on 9/20/2020 & rated 96 points: Deep rich great fruit. Awesome finish. (1688 views) | | | Tasted by Badgerwino on 4/17/2020: Drank this with the 1999 Sandrone and they were at such different places that it was hard to compare. My mistake to let the Sandrone go so lone. That doesn't diminish how right in my sangiovese sweet spot this wine is. Call me crazy but in my mind I can taste the dusty road leading up to vineyard. Cherry red and for me drinking perfectly now. (1760 views) | | | Tasted by Bluth on 11/27/2019 & rated 93 points: The wine is blossom at its peak now. Lucious yet elegant and well rounded. Goes well with red meats. (1759 views) | | | Tasted by emcglade on 6/5/2019 & rated 89 points: This looks cloudy and unfiltered, but I don't believe it's an unfiltered wine. I don't know what a 16 year old Il Poggione should taste like, but i am wondering if I have a bad bottle. Still pleasant "italian" nose on the wine, but a little too much like stewed tomatoes. Still a lot of fig taste, which is probably indicative of this wine. I would love to compare to another bottle of this vintage to see the difference. (1893 views) | | | Tasted by acheng on 4/11/2019 & rated 92 points: Surprisingly much more elegant than the 04 Al Vento. A poised expression of Sangiovese. Nice herbal notes with the cherry and well judged acidity. Better than previous bottles. Drink now. (1819 views) | | | Tasted by BrunelloBob on 1/27/2019: Still solid (2093 views) | | | Tasted by acheng on 8/15/2017 & rated 91 points: Brought to restaurant. Earthy and bright. (3209 views) | | | Tasted by champussi on 1/22/2017 & rated 95 points: Mehr hätte man aus dem schwierigen Jahr wohl nicht rausholen können!? Opulente Frucht (sehr reife Sauerkirsche) gefangen in massiver Sangiovese-Struktur. Tolle Banlance. Breitschultrig aber trotzdem klassisch. Am Anfang einer langen Genussphase. Braucht mind 2 h Luft! Toller "MännerBrunello"!! Grosser Wein!! (4000 views) | | | Tasted by Snoski62 on 1/19/2017 & rated 93 points: Beautiful! Decanted for about three hours. Not sure it needed that much time. Seemed fairly dark red for a BdM. Some menthol on the nose. Dense fruit and mellow tannins with some nice eart and tobacco on the finish. Drank alongside a 2006 Il Poggione, which was also great, but a little less mature. I think this one's drinking well now. (3583 views) | | | Tasted by robertdtwo on 5/16/2016 & rated 93 points: Last taste a year ago blew me away; while still ultra-delicious, this time around it felt just a tiny bit tame and maybe too polite...bottle variation, perhaps? Lovely and slightly-tart cherry and red berries with lightly-scorched Italian earth and a nuanced wet cedary-leathery finish heightened by porcini. Tannins w-a-y in the background, so drink freely. I bought this at under USD$50/btl and really couldn't be happier! (4655 views) | | | Tasted by Rezy13 on 4/8/2016 & rated 94 points: Very different example than last bottle as you could expect from a vintage like 2003 but this came from a very cool cellar; fresh Crimson core with good clarity and some orange in rim; very pretty nose with lots of fresh roses, red cherries, slight leather, some mahogany, deep complex and luxurious; palate showed uncharacteristic sweet ripe tannin (especially for Il Poggione)- not calling Barolo on this one, deep cherry and slight plum, tobacco, cedar, dried and fresh fruits, nicely layered and drinkable; beautiful now. (3972 views) | | | Tasted by thesternowl on 1/15/2016 & rated 93 points: Popped and poured; drank right after the '01 Il Marroneto BdM. Darker in color; deep garnet with a textbook brown-ish rim. Cherries, frambois and black tea but with more body, power and lift than the Marroneto. Tannins still asserting themselves but work well with the acids; great structure. Probably another decade left in the tank but it's drinking really well at this point in its life so why wait? Tremendous with lamb and pasta. (3693 views) | | | Tasted by wine=golf on 12/2/2015 & rated 93 points: Decanted 30 min. Not nearly enough. Classic Brunello, earthy, long on the back pallet, lots of tannens, smoothed out after an hour (3089 views) | | | Tasted by BrunelloBob on 10/3/2015 & rated 92 points: Popped, recorked, drank 7-9 hours later.
Big nose-alcohol? Delicious charcoal, coffee, chocolate, black cherry. Good complexity, moderate length. Great effort from a wine I count on, in a so-so vintage. (3344 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Canuck on 8/26/2015 & rated 91 points: This pours quite inky dark and viscus. The nose is evidently ripe, dark and does show some of the heat of the vintage via a whiff of alcohol. Also on the nose; balsamic reduction, lacquered wood, cured meat, dark cherries in syrup, and rosemary. The palate is still medium plus on the tannin level and somewhat drying with elevated acid and alcohol. Il Poggione handled this hot vintage well, but it's still not my favorite expression of theirs. I feel '04 is the superior vintage. (2510 views) | | | Tasted by Rezy13 on 8/18/2015 & rated 89 points: Tuesday Night Double Blind $60+ (Bin 75): Tons of sediment, brick rim; soy, charcoal, brown sugar, fennel, caraway, red fruit; cedar on the palate, anise, rose, cherry, tea, hard red fruit, Nebbiolo-esque but Brunello density and expansiveness, tannin, great texture; old-school style, should have known it was Il Poggione; nose was very tired but the palate was very nice; I'm sure there will be a good bit of bottle variation due to the vintage. (3101 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, 2004 Brunello di Montalcino: A Vintage Full of Surprises (Jun 2009)
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Lavinio Franceschi, land owner from Florence, decided to visit the area after hearing the stories from a shepherd, who brought his herds around Montalcino during the winter. He fell so much in love with the landscape and the people who lived in that area that he decided to buy land and establish a farm.
Generation after generation, many resources were spent on research for quality, clonal selections, winemaking and aging techniques, and also by building a modern winery for the standards at that time.
Il Poggione was one of the first wineries to market the Brunello di Montalcino wine as early as the 1900’s, and one of the founding members of the Brunello di Montalcino Consortium.
After more than a Century, Lavinio Franceschi’s work is still a fundamental point of reference for his successors, Leopoldo and Livia, who continue to develop the business with that same dedication and unrelenting passion, combining the ancient skills of winemaking crafts and tradition with the latest, most innovative techniques.
Tenuta Il Poggione covers an area of 530 hectares (1300 acres), of which 140 hectares (336 acres) are planted with vines and 50 hectares (120 acres) with olive trees; the rest are dedicated to grain fields, forest and livestock.
The estate’s guiding principle is to pay great care to the vines, because the secret of producing great red wines lies in the high-quality vineyard work.
In the light of a sustainable agriculture, the winery has always planted different crops along the vineyards and limited the use of chemicals.
Most recently, it has installed solar panels on the roof of its cellar,
with the purpose to reduce the carbon footprint of its wines.
The vineyard work is mainly manual, for the harvest and for the other jobs.
Thanks to the practice of the green harvest, the monitoring of the vineyards’ health conditions and the soil’s nutritional needs, it is possible to obtain an excellent wine even in more difficult vintages.
Il Poggione
Tenuta Il Poggione is in Sant'Angelo in Colle, approximately 10km south of Montalcino. Thanks to its dominating position, the vineyards - including Vigna Paganelli planted in 1964 - benefit from the proximity of Mount Amiata and the Tyrrhenian Sea.
The vineyards are at an altitude between 150 and 450 metres (490 – 1475 feet) above sea level.This large gap, together with the age of the vineyards, promotes easier harvest and allows the production of structured wines with long aging potential, regardless of the weather conditions.
Located in Sant' Angelo in Colle in the commune of Montalcino, Tenuta Il Poggione was established at the end of the 19th century by Lavinio Franceschi and is still owned today by the 5th generation of its founder, siblings Leopoldo and Livia Franceschi.
Tenuta Il Poggione is one of the original three producers of Brunello di Montalcino. The estate covers a surface area of 1,482 acres, of which 309 acres are planted to vine, 173 acres with olive groves and the rest are arable and woodland used for grazing and raising cattle and pigs to promote biodiversity and a natural approach to farming. Many of the vines are grown at more than 1,315 feet above sea level and are among the oldest in the appellation. The estate is also blessed by its proximity to the Tyrrhenian Sea (about 30 minutes distance by car) to the west and the Orcia River Valley and Mt. Amiata in the south.SangioveseSANGIOVESE: (Pronounced "sahn-joh-vhe-se").
Sangiovese - Italy's claim to fame, the pride of Tuscany. Traditionally made, the wines are full of cherry fruit, earth, and cedar. It produces Chianti (Classico), Rosso di Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino, Rosso di Montepulciano, Montefalco Rosso, and many others. Sangiovese is also the backbone in many of the acclaimed, modern-styled "Super-Tuscans", where it is blended with Bordeaux varietals (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc) and typically aged in French oak barrels, resulting a wine primed for the international market in the style of a typical California cabernet: oaky, high-alcohol, and a ripe, jammy, fruit-forward profile.[16]
Semi-classic grape grown in the Tuscany region of Italy. Used to produce the Chianti and other Tuscan red wines. Has many clonal versions, two of which seem to predominate. The Sangiovese Grosso clone Brunello variety is used for the dark red, traditionally powerful and slow-maturing "Brunello di Montalcino" wine. The other is the Sangiovese Piccolo, also known under the historical synonym name Sangioveto, used for standard Chianti Classico DOC wines. Old vine derived wine is often used in the better versions, needing several years ageing to reach peak. A third clone, Morellino, is used in a popular wine blend with the same name found in the southern part of the province. Recent efforts in California with clones of this variety are very promising, producing medium-bodied reds with rich cherry or plumlike flavors and aromas. Among the available clonal versions are R6 and R7, derived from the Montalcino region of Italy, having average productivity/ripening and producing small berries on medium size clusters. R10 and R24 are well-recommended. R23, listed as deriving from the Emilia-Romagna region, has good vigor with medium-small clusters with earlier ripening. R102 derives from the Montepulciano region and reported to have average vigor with moderate productivity that results in higher sugar levels and good acidity from medium-small berries on medium-small clusters. Has synonym name of Nielluccio where grown in Corsica.Italy Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorTuscany Tuscany (ItalianMade.com) | TuscanytMontalcino Montalcino websiteBrunello di Montalcino Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino (Official DOCG website) |
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