2004 IL POGGIONE BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO
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2004 Il Poggione Brunello Di Montalcino
91 WS Has blackberry and coffee bean, with a hint of cream on the nose. Full-bodied and tight, with slightly austere and chewy tannins, but there is pretty, ripe fruit underneath it all. Best after 2010. 16,665 cases made. –JS
In 1980 the Franceschi family purchased the II Poggione estate in Sant� Angelo in Colle in the commune of Montalcino in the province of Siena. In this area a cool maritime breez from the southwest insures excellent ventilation and cool evenings and nights. Here Sangiovese Grosso reaches its maximum ripeness giving fuller and richer wines than anywhere else in Tuscany. The Estate covers 3460 acres of which 92 acres are planted to Brunello.
Quality control is optimal at II Poggione. The first control is the careful grape selection in the vineyard, the second immediately after the wine is made and the third in the Spring after fermentation to decide which wine will become Brunello and which will be sold Rosso di Montalcino.
Both wines start out the same but the wine usually destined to be Brunello is produced from the older Sangiovese Grosso vines and its required to be aged o minimal 36 months in Slavonian oak casks and four months in bottle for atotal of four years aging, additionally with five years of aging the wine may be labeled Riserva.
Tasting Notes:Has blackberry and coffee bean, with a hint of cream on the nose. Full-bodied and tight, with slightly austere and chewy tannins, but there is pretty, ripe fruit underneath it all. Best after 2010. 16,665 cases made.
91 WS Has blackberry and coffee bean, with a hint of cream on the nose. Full-bodied and tight, with slightly austere and chewy tannins, but there is pretty, ripe fruit underneath it all. Best after 2010. 16,665 cases made. –JS
In 1980 the Franceschi family purchased the II Poggione estate in Sant� Angelo in Colle in the commune of Montalcino in the province of Siena. In this area a cool maritime breez from the southwest insures excellent ventilation and cool evenings and nights. Here Sangiovese Grosso reaches its maximum ripeness giving fuller and richer wines than anywhere else in Tuscany. The Estate covers 3460 acres of which 92 acres are planted to Brunello.
Quality control is optimal at II Poggione. The first control is the careful grape selection in the vineyard, the second immediately after the wine is made and the third in the Spring after fermentation to decide which wine will become Brunello and which will be sold Rosso di Montalcino.
Both wines start out the same but the wine usually destined to be Brunello is produced from the older Sangiovese Grosso vines and its required to be aged o minimal 36 months in Slavonian oak casks and four months in bottle for atotal of four years aging, additionally with five years of aging the wine may be labeled Riserva.
Tasting Notes:Has blackberry and coffee bean, with a hint of cream on the nose. Full-bodied and tight, with slightly austere and chewy tannins, but there is pretty, ripe fruit underneath it all. Best after 2010. 16,665 cases made.
