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2004 Poggio il Castellare Brunello di Montalcino

Sangiovese

  • Italy
  • Tuscany
  • Montalcino
  • Brunello di Montalcino

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  • Thorgal wrote: 90 points

    November 18, 2015 - To be honest, this is my fourth bottle, because when I opened my first bottle a year after release, it allready showed an orange hue, which lead me to be believe it was already reaching maturaty which certainly is strange given that even for a modern made Brunello you need at least 6-7 years. It was pretty closed up however and so after the third bottle I just left it to hopefully develop further. Wind the clock now four year later and.... Upon opening it showed a lot, in terms of red fruit, some leather, tar/licqorice, but this quickly subsided. It's a cherry red, no orange in sight, medium bodied , kinda feminine Brunello. Tannins are soft, but they already were.Two hours in I get subdued fruit, something like wet paper.
    I think its a good bottle of wine, but a bit elusive and very subdued. I tend to agree with the others that it won't change much more. Upon release I think Suckling gave it 96 or 98 points...a bit on the high side as far as I am concerned.

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4 Comments

  • RGCM Gananda commented:

    11/18/15, 12:33 PM - Wet paper and subdued fruit, sounds like this bottle might have been mildly corked?

  • Bam_Man commented:

    11/18/15, 7:20 PM - My last bottle was partially corked - but the thing is, this is such a great bottle of wine that it was still enjoyable. I said in my note that it would probably still merit a score of 90 points, but it wouldn't be fair to post a score given the slight corking. This is a very subtle wine - definitely not in the style of Casanova di Neri or some of the other "modern" style producers. If those are what you are used to, then I could see how this might seem a bit subdued.

  • Thorgal commented:

    11/19/15, 12:46 AM - No it was not corked, it just was subdued to a degree that I almost find it lacking character. Almost, because I do sense the pedigree and I do love an elegant bottle, which Brunello certainly can be, but this almost felt primary where it should not be. Anyway, I'll drink the rest this evening and see what happened. I do think 2004 BdM in general needs more time to really show its stuff. By comparison, I recently drank an Altesino Brunello 2006 and 2001 Riserva and they were just much more expressive, where the 2006 is more modern and the riserva more classic in style, but both showed - well at least to me - more complexity, did more on the palate and lingered. We'll see, I leave my remaining PiC 2004 in the cellar for now and try one again in, say, 3 years and see what happens

  • Thorgal commented:

    11/19/15, 9:38 AM - In the process of drinking the rest. It has hold together nicely, to me the landmark of a well-crafted wine. No improvements however. I just noticed the 13,5%, which is a nice change from all the 14,5(+) powerhouses out there. All in all it fits the wine and I'll change my rating to 90...It deserves that.

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