Il Poggione, Brunello di Montalcino 2012
Standard - 75cl
Stock location: United Kingdom
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- Vintage2012
- ColourRed
- ProducerIl Poggione
- CountryItaly
- RegionTuscany
- Sub RegionBrunello di Montalcino
- DesignationDOCG
- Bottle SizeStandard - 75cl
- ABV14.5
- LWIN11031802012
- Avg. Critic Score4★★★★★★★★★★
Wine Critic Reviews
This is the first sample tasted in this historic retrospective. The Il Poggione 2012 Brunello di Montalcino makes for a beautiful surprise and is a fitting preface to the older vintages to follow. The wine reveals nice tannic structure at the back with lots of spice and mature fruit layered over. The quality of the silky tannins stands out especially. There is dark richness and concentration with leather and tobacco. This vintage saw its challenges, mostly due to scorching summer heat and dry winds, but the wine is all pleasure at this point in its drinking evolution. In fact, this is sheer delight.
- Drinking Window: 2017 - 2030
- Reviewer Name: Monica Larner
- Review Date: February 2023
Deep red. Sweet spices, ripe red cherry and licorice on the broad nose. Rich, ripe and suave, showing insidious sweetness to the red cherry and herbal flavors, this big wine is balanced enough to hide its 15% alcohol very well. Less graceful than the 2013 Brunello from Il Poggione, but that has mostly to do with the hotter 2012 vintage.
- Drinking Window: 2022 - 2033
- Reviewer Name: Ian D'Agata
- Review Date: April 2018