Poggio Antico Riserva - Brunello Di Montalcino 2017

Decanter.com

93 / 100

byGeorgina Hindlethe3/23/2023

Hickory smoked bbq sauce and ketchup on the nose - sweet, savoury leather and ripe fruit aromas. Bright and vertical, supple but also a little dry from the start, the tannis filling the mouth with a chalky, powdery grip - feels concentrated and intense right now and as a result some of the fruit friendliness has been lost. Acidity is there giving the base and keeping things lifted but the flavours are more savoury. Lightly framed with detailed aspects and a sense of verticality on the palate.

Wine Advocate

92 / 100

byMonica Larnerthe3/9/2023

Packaged with its distinctive black label, the Poggio Antico 2017 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva reveals an accessible or open-knit character that is commonly found in wines from this scorching hot and dry growing season, even in the Riservas that are built for long aging. Despite those aspirations, I would recommend a near or medium-term drinking window for this bold Sangiovese that is laced with ripe cherry, baked plum, balsam herb and cured tobacco. Indeed, very few producers took the courageous decision to produce a Riserva in 2017. The wine shows soft tannins and a note of fruity sweetness on the finish. Production is 9,000 bottles.

Poggio Antico has 33 hectares of vines, with 26 hectares designated to the production of Brunello di Montalcino. The estate started its conversion to organic farming in 2017. The estate just named a new general manager, Pier Giuseppe D'Alessandro, to replace the outgoing Federico Trost.

Jane Anson

93 / 100

byJane Ansonthe2/2/2023

Well-structured, with intensity and concentration through the mid palate while retaining a sense of lightness, soaring upwards, savoury and flavourful as it goes. A charming wine, with real typicity, delicate and delineated, well placed and supple tannins, good stuff.

Jamessuckling.com

94 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe11/11/2022

I like the bitter chocolate, oreo and dried earth undertones to the dark cherry and mushroom fruit. Dense and compact, with a full body and firm, chewy tannins. Tannic. Give it a few years to calm down. Try after 2025.

Decanter.com

92 / 100

the11/11/2022

Poggio Antico’s Riserva comes from the estate’s I Poggi vineyard which surrounds the winery. It's crafted specifically from a south-facing plateau on stony Galestro soil. The nose is a sophisticated synthesis of rich and ripe fruit, spice and earth tones as cherry compote and vanilla meet fragrant woodland. The palate is vibrant and fluent; tannins progress smoothly, hemming in plush berries and plums interspersed with forest floor. It shows promise for mid-term ageing but is really quite ready now. Ageing is in 25-hectolitre oak casks of both French and Slavonian origin.