2017 Poggio Antico Brunello di Montalcino DOCG

95 POINTS

Georgina Hindle - Decanter

Pure red/orange rim. Smells quite savoury with coffee, dark chocolate, bitter orange zest, and some Christmas spices, cloves and cinnamon - it smells excellent with the savoury spice doing most of the talking on the nose. Tension and precision on the palate, this is quite a serious style, still quite tight, all the elements are neatly packaged right now - not giving too much away. Such lovely sweetness to start though just before it closes down and becomes firm and taught. Tannins are well integrated and this has a real edge of quality, feels very sculpted and is still in that neat box not yet quite ready to open and expand. Excellent frame and good potential. Cool and fresh with depth.

95 POINTS

Danielle Callegari - Wine Enthusiast

Earth and fruit play off of each other on the nose, where first soil and herbs are more present, then cherries and strawberries, finally meeting somewhere in between with dark chocolate and coffee aromas that follow onto the palate. The wine is clearly defined by robust tannins.

94 POINTS

James Suckling

A thoroughly drinkable and refined 2017 Brunello with pure cherry, berry and floral character with hints of cedar. It’s full-bodied yet has good tension and focus with a long and beautiful finish.

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Monica Larner - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Poggio Antico is another one of those Montalcino estates that you will forever remember if you've been lucky enough to visit. The vineyards enjoy unobstructed views all the way to the Tyrrhenian Sea (I think this is the only place in the appellation where you can see the water on a clear day). Fruit for the 2017 Brunello di Montalcino is sourced from the I Poggi parcel with thin galestro and alberese soils. There is a lot of fresh fruit here, and the tannins are quite soft and supple. Production is 38,000 bottles.