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Il Poggione has one of the appellation's most enviable track records for quality and cellar longevity. The 2014 Brunello di Montalcino is a different beast. This wine prizes elegance, finesse and a compact mouthfeel. I would suggest a slightly shorter drinking window of approximately ten years. No matter how you cut it, the wine is absolutely beautiful and indeed ranks high on a list of favorite wines from the vintage. The bouquet is chiseled and tight with wild blueberry, plum, red rose and a touch of cherry confit. No doubt the mouthfeel is thinner in this vintage, but the wine has plenty more going on to keep your attention. I'm liking it. I went back to the bottle a few days after it had been opened and the wine was still going strong. By Robert Parker.com, Jan 2019.
From a difficult vintage, the 2014 Brunello Di Montalcino (36 months in French oak) is nevertheless a beautiful wine. Spiced cherries, dried herbs, underbrush, and sappy flower/rose petal notes all emerge from the glass, and it's supple, medium-bodied, silky, and seamless on the palate, with ripe tannins and a forward, already delicious style. By Jeb Dunnuck, Nov 2019.
Red plum, apple, and tobacco aromas are delightfully complemented in the mouth by alkaline and mineral nuances. Saliva-inducing salinity adds to the appeal of a lusciously persistent finish featuring repeating red fruit and herbal nuances. Another easygoing rather stylish but lightweight Brunello typical of the vintage. By Vinous.com Mar 2019.
This is smooth and caressing, wrapped around cherry, plum, loam, tobacco and cumin flavors. Hefty tannins line the finish, but all the elements are in the right proportion. Features a fine, complex finish. By Wine Spectator, Jun 2019.
Aromas of underbrush, truffle, dark-skinned berry and tobacco lead the nose of this elegantly structured red. The taut, vibrant palate offers Marasca cherry, cranberry, orange zest and licorice framed by racy acidity and fine-grained tannins. Drink 2020–2026. By Kerin O'Keefe @ Wine Enthusiast, May 2019.
A riper style with plenty of dried red cherries and plums, as well as woody spice notes. The palate is quite fleshy with an open-knit thread of blue plums and darker cherries. By James Suckling, Jan 2019.
2014 was one of the rainiest vintages of the past few decades in Montalcino, and the southwest portion of the appellation was no exception despite the sheltering nature of the Amiata mountains. Consequently, Il Poggione registered its lowest production of Brunello - 120,000 bottles. The style of the vintage is more approachable and less extractive, dominated by aromas of rose, blood orange and a touch of sour cherry, with deeper notes of black pepper and liquorice root expressed on the leaner, chalky palate. By Decanter, Mar 2019. |
