2018 Brunello di Montalcino, Il Poggione, Tuscany, Italy
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Sangiovese
Not ready
- Walter Speller
- 17++/20
- Michaela Morris
- 92/100
- James Suckling
- 94/100
- Monica Larner
- 94/100
- Eric Guido
- 96+/100
Product: 20181103180
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2018
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Sangiovese
Body Full Bodied
Producer Il Poggione
Critics reviews
Walter Speller 17++/20
Lustrous deep ruby. Still quite closed on the nose with only a hint of Moroccan leather. Pure cherry-fruit flavours on the palate and with lots of ripe acidity. Fantastic, compact, gravelly tannins are a real feat in this vintage. A hedonistic whole that can already be approached but will improve over time.Drink 2023 - 2032Walter Speller, JancisRobinson.com (November 2022)
Drink 2023 - 2032
Michaela Morris 92/100
This large and historic property in Montalcino’s southwest draws upon 140 hectares of estate vineyards to deliver a very complete and satisfying Brunello. A smoky introduction leads to leather and tobacco nuances which repeat on the palate. The 2018 is chock full of flavour as cherry and baking spice join in. It feels midweight but there is plenty of stuffing with a vigorous chewiness contributing positively to the gratifying mouthfeel. It will be even better with another year in the bottle.Drink 2024 - 2032Michaela Morris, Decanter.com (November 2022)
Drink 2023 - 2032
James Suckling 94/100
This is a flavorful, layered Brunello with aromas of fresh and sour cherries, plums, bay leaves, rosemary and olives. Cloves and licorice, too. It’s medium- to full-bodied with firm, fine-grained tannins. Sleek and well-integrated, with a lengthy and deliciously savory finish.Drink from 2023 onward james_suckling, jamessuckling_com (December 2022)
Drink 2023 - 2032
Monica Larner 94/100
The Il Poggione 2018 Brunello di Montalcino reveals a dark and savory character with more fruit weight and concentration than you might find in many of its peers. This wine shows a dense center of gravity that is padded with dark cherry, blackberry, toasted spice, mahogany smoked meat and tilled earth.Despite the robust aromas, this Sangiovese is actually quite streamlined and polished in texture. The tannins are soft and veering toward accessibility. This is an ambitious production of 200,000 bottles. The estate's Riserva Vigna Paganelli was not made in 2018, so fruit from that wine went here instead.Drink 2024 - 2040monica_larner, Wine Advocate (March 2023)
Drink 2023 - 2032
Eric Guido 96+/100
Impressing from the first tilt of the glass, the 2018 Brunello di Montalcino makes itself known, with a heady burst of exotic spice and crushed ashen stone giving way to dried black cherries and grilled herbs. This combines the energy of the vintage with the dark balsamic-tinged fruits of Montalcino’s southern reaches, as zesty acidity maintains balance throughout, and flinty minerals saturate toward the close.It finishes long, savory and structured, yet its tannins are more rounded than anticipated, creating both a classic feel, but also leaving a mouthwatering sensation that tricks the taster back to the glass for more. Easily one of the top wines of the vintage, the 2018 is not to be missed.Drink 2026 - 2036 eric_guido, Vinous.com.com (December 2022)
Drink 2023 - 2032
About this wine
Sangiovese
A black grape widely grown in Central Italy and the main component of Chianti and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano as well as being the sole permitted grape for the famed Brunello di Montalcino.
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Il Poggione
Il Poggione is a winery steeped in history with its origins dating back to the late 1800s. Owned by Leopoldo and Livia Franceschi , it is situated below the beautiful hilltop town of Sant’Angelo in Colle, a part of the Brunello di Montalcino appellation characterised by temperate, yet well-ventilated micro-climate. This benefits the grapes by maintaining refreshing acidity levels and extending their ripening time. Father and son winemaking team Fabrizio and Alessandro Bindocci coax the best from these privileged vineyard sites; they are also proponents of a traditional wine-making style which includes submerging the cap with frequent pump overs (for more colour and tannin extraction), and ageing in large casks (so that wood flavours remain subtle and do not interfere with the natural expression of the Sangiovese and the Sant’Angelo terroir). The Riserva bottling, made in the finest vintages, receives at least one year extra ageing in French oak casks. The typical style is intense, full-bodied, powerful, packed with dark fruit, menthol, sweet smoke, cocoa and spice flavours and a hint of earthiness. In the best vintages the wines demonstrate extraordinary development in bottle. Even better, prices have remained very reasonable, considering the superb quality of the wine. Poggione’s straight Brunello is one of the most fairly-priced, cellar worthy wines of the appellation. This is a benchmark property for fine, traditionally made Brunellos capable of ageing superbly.
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