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2004 Il Poggione (Proprietá Franceschi) Brunello di Montalcino |
| Vintage | 2004 |  Label 1 of 13   | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Il Poggione (Proprietá Franceschi) (web) | ||
| Variety | Sangiovese | ||
| Designation | n/a | ||
| Vineyard | n/a | ||
| Country | Italy | ||
| Region | Tuscany | ||
| SubRegion | Montalcino | ||
| Appellation | Brunello di Montalcino |
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| Wine Market Journal quarterly auction price: See Il Poggione Brunello di Montalcino on the Wine Market Journal. |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 91.2 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 74 notes) | |
| Tasted by KimBot on 8/22/2010 & rated 95 points: (757 views) | |
| Tasted by rexmerlot on 8/15/2010: Beautiful dark red in colour. Tart cherries on nose and palate. Hints of leather, spice, and vanilla. Drank on own, but think it would have been more interesting served with food. (1921 views) | |
| Tasted by chablis28 on 8/5/2010 & rated 93 points: First thing I noticed beside the perfuse floral nose was the strinking level of complexity on the palate. This was such a pleasure tonight. Beautifull weight and purity of fruit. Great red fruit and tobacco flavors combined with a bold mineral streak. This wine has many levels to it.....already. We were busy talking but everytime I took a sip it was ....wow! Great value at only $40. Drinks like $120+. (2038 views) | |
| Tasted by gunpwdr on 8/2/2010 & rated 92 points: Nose: Dried berries, cassis, blood orange, leather, soy sauce, a floral/lavender component as well. Palate: Soy sauce, anise, dried berries on the attack. Excellent structure is on display on the mid-palate - ample tannins and acidity. Cassis and dried berries on the finish. Overall, a very enjoyable brunello that can be cellared. Well balanced and has a foot firmly planted in the old world. (2352 views) | |
| Tasted by davidselvia on 7/29/2010 & rated 88 points: Can't quite tell whether this is totally backwards, or slightly off. Think it might be the later. Danger of 375mLs. Will wait a couple more years before trying another 375mL, 3L at least 10 years. (2172 views) | |
| Tasted by Matt Scott on 7/24/2010 & rated 90 points: Decanted for three hours. Very Brunello-like in colour, with a nice effervescent quality to it. Swarming ripe strawberry, blackberry, French roast coffee and tobacco leaf. Soft tannins that are a little austere. Nice finish. A little short on the mid-palate, however, there's decent complexity. This is a fine Brunello, yet I expected more from this prodigious maker of fine Sangiovese - especially with a vintage as outstanding as 2004. Give this another year and it should drink well for the next 10-15 years. Drink 2011 - 2023. (2219 views) | |
| Tasted by Corgi on 7/17/2010: Roasted coffee beans... sharp, tannic bite at the finish. (2326 views) | |
| Tasted by Hazeo on 7/15/2010 & rated 91 points: A more traditional brunello here when compared with, say, Fanti. Medium bodied but concentrated tart cherries, smoke, meaty. Perhaps not as intensive in its gameyness as I'd like, but still a polished a very well made wine. I'd say there's much room for improvement here once the tannins mellow out. (2850 views) | |
| Tasted by robertdtwo on 7/12/2010 & rated 91 points: (2108 views) | |
| Tasted by yonster24 on 6/26/2010: Had a few days ago, so going off memory. Nice ruby color to it. Closed at first but opened to show some earth, cherries and some dark fruit. med-Full bodied and just absolutely tasty. Well balanced, tannins were a bit harsh at first but mellowed out to show a wonderful bottle of wine. (3311 views) | |
| Tasted by Rochester on 6/21/2010 & rated 88 points: I am not sure about all the impressive reviews on this one. I am not that impressed, perhaps it is too young. Nose is great, losts of firm tannin lasts too long and overwhelm the overall tast of wine. Hints of green cut stems and unripe fruits. I will wait at least couple of years before I try another bottle. (3554 views) | |
| Tasted by Jaynaisbitt on 6/20/2010 & rated 93 points: Lighter than expected. Burnt sour cherries and prunes with hints of amaretto and impressive chewy tannins. Not the finished article by far. Given 5-10 years this could eclipse older styles. Delightful. (3230 views) | |
| Tasted by Khamen on 6/18/2010 & rated 92 points: If you subscribe to the camp that says wine is art, then you'll have to go a long way to find a sexier looking bottle than this one. Anyway, it's the contents that are all-important. Splash decant. Deep but bright garnet with a purple tinge. Big nose - dusty, smokey and meaty with a beam of crushed fruit. Young and grippy with some beautiful acidity and more than a hint of sweet almond mashed in with the ripeness of the fruit. Very young, this will last and last but the balance is there to make it a healthy long life. Great sangiovese mineral tang on the finish. Excellent, traditional Brunello and a stupendous QPR. Is it art? Well I don't know, but at least it costs an awful lot less than a Canaletto. Excellent - now at a pinch, but really from 2012+. 92+ EDIT : +24 in decanter to try to move things along a bit. More red cherry fruit apparent and a little more rasberry/strawberry complexity. If you look hard enough here there's more than a hint of drinking a cherry bakewell slice. Impressive underlying structure in evidence. Burly but balanced. Lovely wine (3422 views) | |
| Tasted by JohnFalstaff on 6/16/2010 & rated 92 points: (2467 views) | |
| Tasted by Bob Fyke on 6/15/2010 & rated 92 points: Consistent with my previous note. Also some anise and sandlewood. (3712 views) | |
| Tasted by Bob Fyke on 6/14/2010 & rated 92 points: Drinking well now, albeit needing integration. Balanced and complete. Fine long finish. (3495 views) | |
| Tasted by Purple Drank on 6/10/2010 & rated 91 points: 100% Sangiovese: High toned nose of plum, cherry, berry, licorice. Really attractive aromatically. Tight, tart cherry, chocolate, acidic. Young but pretty approachable for what 04 Brunello I've tried. Outstanding. (3667 views) | |
| Tasted by AndrewSGHall on 6/8/2010: 2004 Brunello Tasting (Gentile's (Columbus, OH)): Lapsang souchang tea nose, but very reticent. Very bright and jazzy across a strong structure. Burnt orange peel. Surprisingly soft finish. A lot more correctness than I am describing and quite good. (3745 views) | |
| Tasted by Outlier on 6/6/2010 & rated 91 points: tasted in a blind tasting and noone pegged this as the Brunello. It seemed a bit light and simple. (3645 views) | |
| Tasted by dfresh on 5/31/2010 & rated 92 points: More new world than typical brunello, much more approachable for average drinkers. Yet classic brunello perfume and rose petal bouquet. Loads of chocolate, dark fruit and managable tannins make it enjoyable without food but it didn't send me into the stratosphere like Gary Vaynerchuck or WS. (4103 views) | |
| Tasted by Goop111 on 5/31/2010 & rated 89 points: (2923 views) | |
| Tasted by lozatron on 5/31/2010: Really good, especially second night - but leave it 5-10 years (3791 views) | |
| Tasted by larryw on 5/29/2010 & rated 91 points: (2907 views) | |
| Tasted by Mpoob on 5/25/2010 & rated 88 points: (3243 views) | |
| Tasted by il_diavolo on 5/23/2010 & rated 90 points: closed, reserved, but the structure seems to be there - but need to be patient (5+ years ?) (3938 views) | |
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SANGIOVESE GRAPE: The delicate pink juice of the tiny, nearly black-skinned Brunello grape yields a dark, purple-red wine which is characterized by extraordinary concentration, elevated acidity and enormous tannic extract. The wine is typically closed and quite austere when young, often backward and unapproachable. Generally considered to be young at ten years in an average vintage, Brunello di Montalcino’s proponents contend that the best vintages can easily surpass a century and still remain in their prime. About Red Wines SANGIOVESE: (Pronounced "sahn-joh-veh-zeh"). 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. Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctor Tuscany (ItalianMade.com) | Tuscany http://www.montalcino.net/ Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino (Official DOCG website) |
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