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2015 Poggio Antico Brunello di Montalcino Altero

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March 24, 2024 - $71

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RATINGS

97James Suckling

A beautiful cascade of blue and darker fruit precedes generous, enticing notes of saffron, dried orange rind, cumin, roasted thyme and nutmeg. Balanced and tightly framed on the medium-to full-bodied palate with mouthwatering fruit and crunchy acidity, coloring an ornately woven structure of silky tannins. Very long and velvety on the finish. Everything is where it should be.

94The Wine Advocate

...bouquet offers sensations of dried cherry skin or plum with sweet spice and moist potting soil.

92Wine Spectator

Featuring black cherry, black currant and dark plum flavors...intense and broad-shouldered. Big tannins line the finish, yet this remains fresh, finding equilibrium in an oversized way.

92Wine Enthusiast

Aromas of underbrush, new leather, camphor and tobacco leaf lead the way along with a whiff of ripe plum. The rounded full-bodied palate evokes dried cherry, crushed mint, vanilla and a hint of coffee bean alongside taut fine-grained tannins and fresh acidity.

91+ Vinous / IWC

17.5Jancis Robinson

Ripe and solid fruit with soft zesty acidity and ripe chewy tannins...showing fantastic balance. Very long and elegant, with medium-bodied palate weight and wonderfully transparent.

REGION

Italy, Tuscany, Brunello di Montalcino

Brunello di Montalcino is regarded as one of Italy’s best appellations. Located in south central Tuscany below Chianti, the wines of Brunello di Montalcino DOCG are made of a Sangiovese clone called “brunello,” which means “little dark one,” a reference to the brown tones in the skin of the grape. Unlike some Tuscan appellations that allow other grapes to be blended with Sangiovese, Brunello di Montalcino is entirely Sangiovese. Montalcino itself is a picturesque, hill-top town not especially well known for wine production until the mid-19th century, when a local vineyard owner isolated the brunello clone and planted it. Other growers followed suit. Nevertheless it wasn’t until 1970s that wine enthusiasts started paying attention to Brunello di Montalcino, which by then was becoming an outstanding wine. Today there are 120 estates in the DOCG, up from about 25 estates in 1975. Brunellos in general are bigger, darker, more tannic and more powerful wines than Chiantis or most other Sangioveses. By law they must be aged for four years, and two of those years must be in wooden barrels.