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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.6 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 139 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by AudunG on 2/17/2024 & rated 92 points: Dark and dense color. Dark aromas with cherries, smoke, leather and some oak. Massive and concentrated on the palate, with pronounced acidity. A bit extracted, but very impressive. (284 views) | | | Tasted by ToTheBitterEnd on 12/7/2023 & rated 95 points: Still showing well, dark fruit, good acid. Brick red color. Paired well with spaghetti and meatballs. (378 views) | | | Tasted by Vinnut on 7/20/2023 & rated 92 points: Subsequent notes on this wine from close to 7 years ago. Dark garnet in color with slight clearing at the edges but no bricking. Forward, attractive & fragrant nose of complex, ripe fruit aromas of cherries, blackberries & plums with overtones of floral notes of violets & dusty/earthy notes, spices, cocoa/mocha, leather, olives, minerals, tobacco, anise, herbs & a hint of cedar. Full bodied with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, complex, ripe fruit flavors of dark cherries, blackberries & mulberries with herbs, cocoa, spices & a bit of vanilla/oak in the background. Long lingering finish. Drinks quite well at present with decanting & airing & at 19 years of age, it is holding up quite well & should maintain its current stage of development for several additional years. However, I doubt any further development would occur from additional aging. Fill was in the lower neck; cork was clean & intact. (726 views) | | | Tasted by SacramentoCharlie on 8/8/2021 flawed bottle: Last bottle of 6 from lot 108. 3 were bad. 2 were good and I gave 1 away early on. (2203 views) | | | Tasted by markyc on 5/31/2021 & rated 93 points: Decanted 3 hours. Full body. Deep color. Dark berries. Very balanced. Brooding finish. I wish we had more of this vintage. (2203 views) | | | Tasted by pdicorpo on 12/13/2020 & rated 93 points: This was perfect! Hints of dark fruit, cocoa and anise on the nose. Cherry, raspberry and licorice. Smooth finish. Worked well with a Sunday sauce! (2339 views) | | | Tasted by floating_cellar on 10/7/2020 & rated 89 points: Decanted 5 hours, checking hourly. Never got to be a great bottle. It was good but the fruit was low and the tannins/acid were too high. No great dark cherries or cigar box or leather that I am used to in truly good expressions of BdM. Hope it was just the bottle. Stored in EuroCave since release, cork was perfect. (2273 views) | | | Tasted by mclanew on 4/29/2020 & rated 92 points: Out of a magnum. Popped the bottle and slow ox over two hours. Relatively modest nose of red and black fruits and leather. The palate is fully mature with light bricking. Black and red cherry, leather and olives this is quite traditional in style but a little four square. I would drink this soon as the fruit is beginning to dry out a bit. (2389 views) | | | Tasted by Jacek P on 4/12/2020 & rated 93 points: Amazing now (1326 views) | | | Tasted by Drink More Wine on 3/20/2020 & rated 100 points: Delicious wine, 16 years later. Aromas of baking spices, cherries and plums. (1252 views) | | | Tasted by Sir-Harrie on 12/28/2019 & rated 92 points: Der Wein steht nach wie vor top da. In der Nase schöne Fruchtnoten, etwas Vanille. Am Gaumen tolle Röstaromen, Kräuter. Sehr gut. (1207 views) | | | Tasted by Quarked on 11/24/2019 & rated 93 points: A lovely brunelllo, drinking very well right now even on opening, though a little air brings out more detail. This is my last of 4, drunk over seven years, each one better than the last. What I've noticed is how much more complexity this has developed over the years, especially the balsamic and berry notes, and how long the finish has become. Sad to finish these off. (1211 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Canuck on 10/24/2019 & rated 92 points: Very nice, traditional BdM. Pours a youthful ruby at the core with light bricking at the rim. The nose is moderate intensity with notes of forest floor, leather, balsamic, dark cherry, and rosemary. The palate is still medium plus in tannin and medium plus in acidity. The finish is medium in length repeating much of the nose. Lovely! (1851 views) | | | Tasted by Grape_ape on 9/25/2019 & rated 93 points: perhaps one of the greatest wine deals of all time when Shopper's Vineyard blew these out at $18.95 a bottle... bought a 6 pack and this was the last one, and it was drinking fantastically. Sad to see it go. (1145 views) | | | Tasted by sarlyb on 5/4/2019 & rated 95 points: So so so good right now - classic Brunello! (1337 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 12/9/2018: Still very fresh and black fruited. Wish I would have spent more time with it but it kinda blew on by. (1528 views) | | | Tasted by moods on 12/8/2018 & rated 90 points: Drinking nicely, yet still tastes young. Plenty of black tart cherry fruit right through to a pretty long finish. Tannic and could have used some more time, but the Brunello tasting crowd just pounded it down. Must have liked it too! (1260 views) | | | Tasted by tfesmgk on 12/3/2018 & rated 94 points: Great wine! Probably best nose I've had. Full and round initially with a long finish (1170 views) | | | Tasted by NiklasT on 11/3/2018 & rated 93 points: Great bottle which felt bullseye vs drinking window. Mature, composed with sweet dark cherry fruit, fennel and cedar. Amazing with lamb/tomato/olive casserole. (1131 views) | | | Tasted by rfarrar on 6/21/2018: drank half at dinner tonight with stir fry (1564 views) | | | Tasted by BURGHen Boy on 12/28/2017 & rated 90 points: Starts out of the drying side. Then opens up with some nice flavors of plum and blue fruit. Good balance and smoothness. (1715 views) | | | Tasted by brasstab on 12/22/2017 & rated 92 points: These folks always nail it. Classic Brunello with the extra touch - flavor, flavor, flave. (1623 views) | | | Tasted by vamootsman on 10/16/2017 & rated 92 points: Perfect garnet color as usual and all of the aromas and tastes everyone including is accustomed to with a Poggio Antico Brunello. This was my last bottle and I think it was the perfect timing for it. Could go south if you wait too much longer. (2230 views) | | | Tasted by RDHudak on 8/4/2017 & rated 91 points: Very good bottle. Definitely showing aged notes of dried fruit,earth and dusty cellar, but drinking well. This was y last bottle, but if I had more, I'd drink up. 91+ (2462 views) | | | Tasted by bahh on 7/13/2017: Vol (2265 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By James Suckling
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(Poggio Antico Brunello di Montalcino, Red, Italy) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Looking Back at the 2005 & 2004 Brunellos (Oct 2016) (10/1/2016)
(Poggio Antico Brunello Di Montalcino) Subscribe to see review text. | The World of Fine Wine, March 2010, Issue #27
(Poggio Antico Brunello di Montalcino) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, July/August 2009, IWC Issue #145
(Poggio Antico Brunello di Montalcino) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2004 Brunello di Montalcino: A Vintage Full of Surprises (Jun 2009)
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U.S. Importer (Addt'l Info)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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