Il Poggione - Brunello di Montalcino 2012 (750ml)

 
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Producer Il Poggione
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Subregion Montalcino
Varietal Sangiovese Grosso
Vintage 2012
Sku 1554148
Size 750ml

Situated in the south of the municipality in Sant’Angello in Colle about 6 miles from town, this large estate was founded in the end of the nineteenth century by Lavinio Francheschi. It was also a founding member of the Consorzio in 1967 and as a result has a long association with the marketing of Brunello di Montalcino. It is currently in its fifth generation of ownership.

Unusually the estate owns vineyards over a wide range of altitudes – from 150 to 450 meters. Though naturally a warm and dry site, the vineyards benefit from the cooling influence of their proximity to the Mediterranean Sea to the west and moderating influence of the Orcia River to the south. Careful vineyard management, and great attention to clonal selection also allows the wines to maintain freshness and balance.

A new winery was built in 2004. Fermentations are in steel with submerged cap post fermentation maceration. The Brunellos are then aged in larger French oak. This process gives wines full of color and intense fruit.

In addition to a Rosso and a Brunello, a single vineyard wine is made – from Vigna Paganelli – where vines were planted in 1964, making these some of the oldest plantings in Montalcino. The wine is bottled as a Riserva after aging 48 months in 33-52 HL French oak barrels.

Wine Advocate: 95+ Points

Il Poggione is a Brunello superstar and a vintage like this reveals every reason why that affirmation is true. From the second the 2012 Brunello di Montalcino pours into the glass you know you are in for something special. The wine is darkly saturated and rich in appearance. Absent are those slightly amber or browning hues you often get with Sangiovese in a hot vintage. Nor does the wine show flat or tired characteristics. Instead the quality of fruit is vibrant and rich. This is a healthy generous and exuberant Brunello with dark density and succulent fruit flavors that are followed by integrated spice and tobacco. The balance is impressive and one thing you get here is fresh acidity. This is not to be underestimated because the acidity quota in the 2012 vintage across the appellation is not as high or evident as usual. This is one of the year's best Brunellos.

James Suckling: 93 Points

"Walnuts and cedar with plums and hints of milk chocolate. Always subtle. Medium body a solid core of fruit and medium-chewy tannins. Center palate of cherry fruit. Give it a year or two to soften."

Vinous: 93+ Points

"Good full red. Medicinal red cherry raspberry sweet spices and mint on the fresh precise nose. Bright and sweet with a penetrating austere quality to its flavors of red fruits minerals and medicinal herbs. Harmonious acidity nicely frames the pure long youthfully tight finish. Lovely young Brunello that will repay cellaring." -Ian D'Agata

Wine Enthusiast: 93 Points

"Ripe plum tobacco dark spice and balsamic aromas adorn this invigorating red. Firm and full-bodied the palate delivers wild cherry crushed raspberry star anise and grilled herb flavors with a backbone of youthful bracing tannins. It's already tempting but give it time to fully come around. Drink 2020?2032."

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