La Poderina Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2019 Red Wine

La Poderina Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2019 

Tuscany, Italy

750 ml

94 pts. James Suckling:

"Black-cherry, sour-cherry and rose-stem aromas follow through to a medium body with firm tannins and a crisp finish. It’s transparent and clear with a real sense of its vineyards. Better after 2026, when the tannins and acid will have melted together."

94 pts. Wine Advocate:

"The well-made La Poderina 2019 Brunello di Montalcino offers a wide-reaching bouquet with a little bit of everything you might expect of this celebrated Sangiovese-based appellation. There are elements of ripe fruit, blackberry, potting soil, graham cracker and sweet spice. All these various pieces get wrapped up in a nicely intense bouquet. This wine offers solid texture over a medium to full-bodied mouthfeel."

FROM THE WINERY

PRODUCTION AREA: Castelnuovo dell’Abate,  Montalcino (SI)

GRAPES: Sangiovese grosso 100%

WINE DESCRIPTION

La Poderina is located just south of Montalcino in an area renowned for elegant and balanced fruit. 25 acres are dedicated to the cultivation of the Sangiovese Grosso for the production of this Brunello and Poggio Abate. These vineyards have yields well below the 32 ql/acre dictated by the appellation’s regulations.

TASTING NOTES

Ruby red color with garnet notes. Intense, concentrated nose of black cherries, wild berries and vanilla. On the palate it is rich, full bodied, quite tannic in youth, soft and persistent. Serve at 18°C in large glasses.

Soil composition: Medium loam with some clay deposits and organic matter

Training method: Spurred cordon

Elevation: 350 m a.s.l.

Vines/hectare: 5,000/Ha

Exposure: South east

Age: 16-26 years

Harvest time: Early October

First vintage: 1988

Production: 53,000 bottles

WINEMAKING & AGING

Varietal composition: 100% Sangiovese grosso

Fermentation container: Stainless steel tanks (15 days at 24-28 °C)

Maceration technique: Daily pumping over; two delestages during alcoholic fermentation/15-20 days

Type of aging container: 60% French oak barriques and 40% Italian and/or Slavonian big oak casks of 110 Hl

Length of aging before bottle: 12 months (barriques)/24 months (Italian and/or Slavonian big oak casks)

Length of bottle aging: 18 months

Alcohol 14.5%