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2015 Poggio di Sotto, Brunello di Montalcino, Riserva
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Why We're Buying
“It is a wonderful and immensely pleasurable wine that will be a joy to revisit if the unlikely opportunity should ever arrive.” Those are the opening words of wine critic Jeb Dunnuck’s review of this investment-worthy Brunello, and with good reason. This rare 2015 sangiovese headlines a superb vintage with its cornucopia of pure fruit, elegant structure, and restrained power. That’s not all. The 2015 Poggio di Sotto Brunello di Montalcino Riserva has been decades in the making. When Piero Palmucci founded the estate, he did not do so on a whim. He spent years researching the best soils and microclimates for sangiovese. His findings led him to a small vineyard in southern Montalcino in 1989. Since then, Palmucci has found ways to improve his Brunello, like selecting the finest clones and optimizing planting density. The 2015 vintage represents those exacting standards in a bottle. The Final Sip: Poggio di Sotto has become synonymous with excellence, and this 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva shows why.
Critics Scores
Vinous
Luminous red. Delicately smoky and ripe on the nose, with deep raspberry and red cherry aromas complicated by notes of sandalwood, licorice, graphite and sweet pipe tobacco. Full and rich but also very bright, with red and dark berry flavors given life by juicy, harmonious acidity and very nicely framed by supple tannins. Closes long, fresh, and expansive, deeper and less sweet than the estate’s 2018 Rosso di Montalcino also released this year. Utterly delicious and already accessible, this boasts noteworthy elegance and freshness for such a big ripe wine.
James Suckling
There’s a real Burgundian feel here to the sour cherries, five spice, citrus, nutmeg and fresh oregnano. The tannins have a beautiful, porcelain-like feel; the acidity cuts a wide and long shape. Delicate, floral and refined. All about grace and elegance.
Decanter
On steep slopes in the southeast of Montalcino, Poggio di Sotto's vineyards are cooled by breezes coming off the nearby Monte Amiata. The Brunello is crafted from plots that range in altitude from 200 to 450 metres. Fermentations are spontaneous, maceration lasts one month and ageing is in 30-hectolitre Slavonian oak casks. This demonstrates the generosity of the vintage but is still fresh and graceful. Sweet fennel, underbrush and thyme blossoms give intricacy to pure red cherry fruit. Abundant chalky tannins build stealthily across the palate and provide a welcome dimension of texture, while Sangiovese's appetizing juiciness shines through.
Wine Enthusiast
Delicately scented, this offers alluring aromas of red woodland berry, camphor and a whiff of rosemary in bloom. It's elegant to the point of being ethereal, with an almost gossamer-like texture featuring taut silky tannins that lithely support sour cherry, pomegranate and star anise. Bright acidity keeps it fresh and light on its feet before it finishes on a drying note evoking raw coffee bean.