The 2016 Poggio Antico Brunello di Montalcino is a standout from a highly regarded vintage. Poggio Antico, established in 1976, is situated at one of the highest elevations in Montalcino with 32 hectares of vineyards, known for producing structured and age-worthy wines. 2016 is an outstanding vintage that benefited from ideal weather conditions, producing balanced and concentrated fruit as one of the best of all time from Poggio Antico. This is traditionally crafted Brunello featuring long maceration and aging in large Slavonian oak casks for 36 months, followed by additional refinement in the bottle. The result is a wine with depth, elegance, and significant aging potential. We have low pricing today on this outstanding effort on this late release, and it's one of the best buys of the vintage for Brunello.
Wine Advocate (Monica Larner) 95+ points! "The 2016 Brunello di Montalcino offers a pure and classic expression of the vintage with bright fruit tones, wild cherry, toasted nut, blue flower and forest floor. Whereas the other wines in the Poggio Antico portfolio undergo aging in smaller tonneaux, this wine is aged in large Slavonian casks instead. You taste the lift and brightness of the fruit, and it's all quite lovely. Grapes are sourced across a 13-hectare site at a very high 500 meters in elevation. The name of this area is I Poggi, and the soils here are a bit lighter and rockier with both schistous galestro and limestone alberese. I love the delicate approach here, the intensity of those floral aromas, and the silky nature of the mouthfeel. Some 34,000 bottles will be released in January 2021. This classic Brunello really stands out."
Decanter 95 points! "A debut on the Place this year from a vintage hailed as one of the best in the last decade. Grapes come from a 30-hectare vineyard bought in 2017 by Belgian businessman Marcel van Poecke who has invested heavily in replantings and new cellar facilities. The texture and overall feel here are lovely - powerful and succulent bramble fruits fill the palate, gliding across the tongue while coffee grounds and dried herbs settle in the background giving structure and definition. This has an aerial quality with real finesse. (Drink between 2023-2035)"
James Suckling 95 points! "This is so aromatic and floral with cedar, dried roses, and black cherries. It’s full-bodied, yet so refined and tight with silky tannins and a flavorful finish. Tight and focused. Needs time to open, but shows beautiful finesse and focus. Drink after 2024."
2016 Poggio Antico Brunello di Montalcino
2016 Poggio Antico Brunello di Montalcino
The 2016 Poggio Antico Brunello di Montalcino is a standout from a highly regarded vintage. Poggio Antico, established in 1976, is situated at one of the highest elevations in Montalcino with 32 hectares of vineyards, known for producing structured and age-worthy wines. 2016 is an outstanding vintage that benefited from ideal weather conditions, producing balanced and concentrated fruit as one of the best of all time from Poggio Antico. This is traditionally crafted Brunello featuring long maceration and aging in large Slavonian oak casks for 36 months, followed by additional refinement in the bottle. The result is a wine with depth, elegance, and significant aging potential. We have low pricing today on this outstanding effort on this late release, and it's one of the best buys of the vintage for Brunello.
Wine Advocate (Monica Larner) 95+ points! "The 2016 Brunello di Montalcino offers a pure and classic expression of the vintage with bright fruit tones, wild cherry, toasted nut, blue flower and forest floor. Whereas the other wines in the Poggio Antico portfolio undergo aging in smaller tonneaux, this wine is aged in large Slavonian casks instead. You taste the lift and brightness of the fruit, and it's all quite lovely. Grapes are sourced across a 13-hectare site at a very high 500 meters in elevation. The name of this area is I Poggi, and the soils here are a bit lighter and rockier with both schistous galestro and limestone alberese. I love the delicate approach here, the intensity of those floral aromas, and the silky nature of the mouthfeel. Some 34,000 bottles will be released in January 2021. This classic Brunello really stands out."
Decanter 95 points! "A debut on the Place this year from a vintage hailed as one of the best in the last decade. Grapes come from a 30-hectare vineyard bought in 2017 by Belgian businessman Marcel van Poecke who has invested heavily in replantings and new cellar facilities. The texture and overall feel here are lovely - powerful and succulent bramble fruits fill the palate, gliding across the tongue while coffee grounds and dried herbs settle in the background giving structure and definition. This has an aerial quality with real finesse. (Drink between 2023-2035)"
James Suckling 95 points! "This is so aromatic and floral with cedar, dried roses, and black cherries. It’s full-bodied, yet so refined and tight with silky tannins and a flavorful finish. Tight and focused. Needs time to open, but shows beautiful finesse and focus. Drink after 2024."
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