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La Poderina Brunello Di Montalcino Riserva Poggio Abate 2017 750ml

size
750ml
country
Italy
region
Tuscany
JS
93
JD
91
WA
90
Additional vintages
JS
93
Rated 93 by James Suckling
Dense, chewy and chocolaty with aromas of praline, hot chocolate, espresso bean, prunes, blue plums and balsamic. Full-bodied with plenty of toasty chocolate and fruit accompanied by firm, muscular tannins. This doesn’t hold back. Should calm down in a couple of years. Try after 2024. ... More details
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La Poderina Brunello Di Montalcino Riserva Poggio Abate 2017 750ml

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JS
93
JD
91
WA
90
JS
93
Rated 93 by James Suckling
Dense, chewy and chocolaty with aromas of praline, hot chocolate, espresso bean, prunes, blue plums and balsamic. Full-bodied with plenty of toasty chocolate and fruit accompanied by firm, muscular tannins. This doesn’t hold back. Should calm down in a couple of years. Try after 2024.
JD
91
Rated 91 by Jeb Dunnuck
The 2017 Brunello Di Montalcino Riserva Poggio Abate turns things up a notch even further with amaro-like aromas of medicinal herbs, pine sap, tarry earth, and dried black cherry. The palate is medium to full-bodied, with fine tannins, and continues with more eucalyptus and plummy fruit, fine tannins, and bitter herbs. This is an intense and powerful red to drink over the next 10 years.
WA
90
Rated 90 by Wine Advocate
Sold in a very heavy glass bottle, the La Poderina 2017 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Poggio Abate (with 6,600 bottles made) is a chunky and dense wine with lots of dry fruit and oak. This Riserva ages barrel for 24 months, followed by another 20 months in stainless steel, so the oak has actually been dialed back a bit. However, hot-vintage flavors contribute to the spice and tobacco notes found here. The tannins are dusty and brittle.
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size
750ml
country
Italy
region
Tuscany
Additional vintages
Overview
Dense, chewy and chocolaty with aromas of praline, hot chocolate, espresso bean, prunes, blue plums and balsamic. Full-bodied with plenty of toasty chocolate and fruit accompanied by firm, muscular tannins. This doesn’t hold back. Should calm down in a couple of years. Try after 2024.
green grapes

Varietal: Sangiovese

Wines made with the round, darkly colored Sangiovese grape varietal tend to demonstrate the grape's key attributes: high acidity, moderate tannins and pale red color These grapes have been grown in their native Italy for thousands of years, and are said to be one of the key varietals which were so loved by the ancient Etruscan and Roman civilization Fast forward a few millennia, and all over the world, wineries are still growing these grapes in order to capture that renowned and flavorful essence. What makes Sangiovese so loved by drinkers and vintners alike is its wonderful ability to soak up the earthy, woody flavors of the oak barrels they are aged in, and present these in the glass alongside fresh, bright summer fruit notes. Whilst Sangiovese grapes are often blended during the fermentation process, they are also drank as single variety wines, both young and fresh, and aged and complex.
barrel

Region: Tuscany

All over the stunning region of Tuscany in central Italy, you'll see rolling hills covered in green, healthy grapevines. This region is currently Italy's third largest producer of wines, but interestingly wineries here are generally happy with lower yields holding higher quality grapes, believing that they have a responsibility to uphold the excellent reputation of Tuscany, rather than let it slip into 'quantity over quality' wine-making as it did in the mid twentieth century. The region has a difficult soil type to work with, but the excellent climate and generations of expertise more than make up for this problem. Most commonly, Tuscan vintners grow Sangiovese and Vernaccia varietal grapes, although more and more varietals are being planted nowadays in order to produce other high quality wine styles.
fields

Country: Italy

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.
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Varietal: Sangiovese

Wines made with the round, darkly colored Sangiovese grape varietal tend to demonstrate the grape's key attributes: high acidity, moderate tannins and pale red color These grapes have been grown in their native Italy for thousands of years, and are said to be one of the key varietals which were so loved by the ancient Etruscan and Roman civilization Fast forward a few millennia, and all over the world, wineries are still growing these grapes in order to capture that renowned and flavorful essence. What makes Sangiovese so loved by drinkers and vintners alike is its wonderful ability to soak up the earthy, woody flavors of the oak barrels they are aged in, and present these in the glass alongside fresh, bright summer fruit notes. Whilst Sangiovese grapes are often blended during the fermentation process, they are also drank as single variety wines, both young and fresh, and aged and complex.
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Region: Tuscany

All over the stunning region of Tuscany in central Italy, you'll see rolling hills covered in green, healthy grapevines. This region is currently Italy's third largest producer of wines, but interestingly wineries here are generally happy with lower yields holding higher quality grapes, believing that they have a responsibility to uphold the excellent reputation of Tuscany, rather than let it slip into 'quantity over quality' wine-making as it did in the mid twentieth century. The region has a difficult soil type to work with, but the excellent climate and generations of expertise more than make up for this problem. Most commonly, Tuscan vintners grow Sangiovese and Vernaccia varietal grapes, although more and more varietals are being planted nowadays in order to produce other high quality wine styles.
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Country: Italy

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.