Il Poggione Brunello di Montalcino 2015 750ml

About Il Poggione

Founded near the end of the nineteenth century by Lavinio Franceschi, Il Poggione is one of the original three Brunello makers, and today’s estate is still owned by the family, siblings Leopoldo and Livia Franceschi, along with winemakers Fabrizio and Alessandro Bindocci. Il Poggione’s modern age began in 1958, when Leopoldo Franceschi, grandfather of the current owner, engaged renowned winemaker Pierluigi Talenti as the estate’s winemaker. Pierluigi made the most of Il Poggione’s considerable natural gifts for 40 years, shaping the estate’s muscular, graceful, and aromatic house style as he trained Fabrizio, who assumed control of the estate in 1999. Nestled in the southern Brunello subzone in the hills around Sant’Angelo in Colle, Il Poggione’s steeply sloped vineyards rise from 490 to 1,475 feet above sea level, offering both excellent drainage and an ever-shifting range of microclimates. Today’s Il Poggione grows its grapes with non-interventionist methods, and it crafts its wines in its state-of-the-art cantina using an innovative mix of traditional methods, including aging its wines in large oak vats in its underground cellar. One of the great authentic Brunello makers, Il Poggione’s wines consistently over-perform both in the cellar and on the table.