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Critics Ratings

Poggio di Sotto Brunello di Montalcino 2013:
'Lustrous mid ruby with orange tinges. Still a tad closed with saline, minerally notes emerging from the glass. Succulent, elegant cherry and still impressively fresh. Super-fine, long tannins following the fruit.' - Walter Speller, JancisRobinson.com, 18/20 (May 2024)

'A streak of cherry runs through the center of this red, surrounded by plum, leather, tobacco and saline notes. This is dense and long, with echoes of tobacco and mineral extending on the lively finish. Best from 2022 through 2037.' - Bruce Sanderson, Wine Spectator, 94/100 (Jun 2018)

'The 2013 Brunello di Montalcino is downright gorgeous. The wine is inward-looking at the very beginning, but it quickly revs up to deliver soaring intensity and profound elegance. It goes from first to sixth gear in seconds and grabs all your attention and admiration in the process. The bouquet reads like a textbook Sangiovese, with wild berry, rose hip, pressed violets, cola, balsam herb, licorice and cigar ash. The bouquet underlines the wine's enormous finesse and pedigree, but the mouthfeel is all about frankness, directness and power. This is a naked and pure Brunello that glows bright with confidence and pride.' - Monica Larner, Wine Advocate, 97/100 (Feb 2018)

Poggio di Sotto Rosso di Montalcino 2016:
‘Mid ruby with orange tinges. Subdued fruit with hints of stalks and oatmeal. Succulent, fine cherry fruit lined with posh, creamy oak and perfectly built grainy tannins. Cherries with a note of sour cream on the finish. Elegant and irresistible but, me being always the moaner, it could have easily done without the new oak.’ – Walter Speller, JancisRobinson.com, 17.5/20 (Feb 2019)

‘The 2016 Rosso di Montalcino (with 18,000 bottles made) is a beautiful wine that could certainly rival full-fledged Brunello from some of the best estates in the appellation. This is especially true in the case of this vintage that over performs from all points of view. Poggio di Sotto makes a concerted effort to promote its Rosso as a stand-alone wine, and not as a little sister or Brunello inferior. There is a unique level of primary fruit intensity here with bold fruit aromas of cassis and wild raspberry that you would never get in a wine that ages as long as Brunello does. This is a fresh and forward wine that delivers impressive complexity and depth. The context is young fruit, not evolved fruit. In a sense, this wine embodies the true philosophy of Rosso di Montalcino more than any of its peers. The wine is not less important than Brunello, but it does strive to display Sangiovese at a different moment in its lifeline.’ – Monica Larner, Wine Advocate, 94/100 (Jan 2019)

‘Offers a mix of plum and cherry flavors, accented by aromatic notes of wild rosemary, sage and floral. Rich and balanced, with a long, resonant aftertaste. Drink now through 2023.’ – Bruce Sanderson, Wine Spectator, 90/100 (Aug 2019)

‘The 2016 Rosso di Montalcino is bright and energetic, with terrific vibrancy. On the palate, the 2016 is a bit austere and clenched. It will be interesting to see if more fruit and inner palate sweetness emerges over time. To be sure, the Poggio di Sotto Rosso is usually more inviting, even in the early going.’ – Antonio Galloni, Vinous (Sep 2019)