In the glass
Aroma: dried cherry, rose petal, leather, Mediterranean herbs
Palate: sour cherry, iron, tobacco, dried fig
Classical southeastern Montalcino Brunello: rose-and-dried-cherry aromatics, iron-and-leather core, finely chiselled tannins, very long finish.
What it pairs with
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Tagliatelle with porcini
Porcini umami amplifies the wine's leather and dried-herb register. -
Roast venison with juniper
Game fat meets the wine's firm tannin; juniper mirrors the Mediterranean-herb core. -
Aged pecorino toscano with truffle honey
Pecorino salt sharpens the rose-and-cherry aromatics; truffle honey echoes the wine's earthy depth.
History
Piero Palmucci founded Poggio di Sotto in 1989 and released the first Brunello in 1991, vinifying with Giulio Gambelli in the traditionalist Montalcino style: long Slavonian-cask ageing, restrained extraction, late picking. ColleMassari Group (Maria Iris Bertarelli and Claudio Tipa) acquired the estate in 2011, preserving the house style.
- 1989 — Piero Palmucci founds Poggio di Sotto at Castelnuovo dell'Abate
- 1991 — First Poggio di Sotto Brunello vintage
- 2011 — ColleMassari Group acquires the estate
Facts
- Producer
- Poggio di Sotto
- Grapes
- Sangiovese Grosso (100%)
- Classification
- Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
- Oak
- Around 36 to 48 months in large Slavonian oak casks (botti grandi)
- ABV
- 14.0%
- Price
- EUR 150 to 250 at retail
- Drinking window
- 8 to 30 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1991
Scores
- Wine Advocate 97 (2016 vintage, reviewed 2021)
- Vinous 96 (2016 vintage, reviewed 2021)