In the glass
Aroma: dark cherry, violet, leather, tobacco
Palate: dark plum, iron, wild herbs, balsamic
Traditional-style Brunello from Sant'Angelo in Colle, long-aged in Slavonian botti and consistently among the appellation's most rewarding.
What it pairs with
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Wild boar pappardelle
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Game ragu and traditional Brunello classic. -
Bistecca alla fiorentina
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Iron-mineral spine for a T-bone. -
Aged Pecorino di Pienza
Crystalline sheep's-milk cheese amplifies the wine's red fruit.
History
Founded 1890 at Sant'Angelo in Colle, Il Poggione is one of Montalcino's oldest continuously producing estates and a Brunello traditional-style benchmark.
- 1890 — Il Poggione estate founded
Facts
- Producer
- Il Poggione
- Grapes
- Sangiovese Grosso (100%)
- Classification
- Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
- Oak
- 36 months in large Slavonian oak casks
- ABV
- 14.0%
- Price
- EUR 55 to 80 at retail
- Drinking window
- 8 to 25 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1890
Scores
- Wine Advocate 96 (2016 vintage, reviewed 2021)
- Vinous 95 (2016 vintage, reviewed 2021)