1990 Poggio Antico Brunello di Montalcino Riserva

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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  1/8/2024 - davidkatz62 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  If you didn’t believe the recommendation to drink this by 2012 you’re in luck. Just drank with osso buco which is a great pairing. Still has lovely fruit and good structure. Can probably go a few more years, maybe to 2030. But I don’t think it will get any better.

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  12/31/2022 - Mall Likes this wine: 93 Points

  The cork is in perfect condition as is the content of the bottle. I have bought it almost 30 years ago, unfortunately it is my last bottle. Dark Bordeaux color, ripe fruits of the forest, herbs, mellow tannins. Great Pleasure at the end of 2022

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  7/14/2014 - cooberp Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Much fresher and darker-colored than the tired 1985's I've had of this wine. All the secondary notes you look for in mature Brunello are here--leather, smoke, and earth--alongside a generous helping of atypically dark blackberry fruit, an herbal note, and lively acidity. Tannin to go for awhile longer, but the structure has receded and is no longer obtrusive. Maybe a bit too biting, but this is a textbook example of what a well-made, somewhat ripe/extracted Sangiovese ages into.

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  9/12/2012 - KeithAkers wrote: 93 Points

  Brunellos 15+ years and older (Moderno, Highland Park IL): nose: like the other wines, this was actually on the tight side at first. After a short bit, it opened up to reveal lovely and flowing tones of roses, red fruits, dark red cherries, dark berries and some licorice tones as well. I would've liked some more depth to it, but that's more quibbling.
  
  taste: Medium bodied with medium acidity. There is still some tannin to this and everything is beautifully balanced. Refined and lovely with tones of red fruits, roses, dark red cherries, licorice and some incense on the back end.
  
  overall: there was some bricking to this, but it was rather dark for it's age. It started to fall off a bit later in the evening, but that was after it was open for 4ish hours. A lovely brunello that shows why I do enjoy brunellos with this kind of age on them.

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  1/30/2011 - Papies wrote: 89 Points

  Nice, ok but past its prime and a bit one dimensional. A bit too sweet fruit. Would have prefered some structure in this. Drink now

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