2019 Poggio di Sotto Brunello di Montalcino 750 ml

• Sangiovese
• 2019
• Italy
• Brunello di Montalcino DOCG

• The Story

  Any list of the greatest wines of Italy must include Poggio di Sotto—and their 2019 Brunello di Montalcino justifies every bit of praise they’ve ever earned. Jeb Dunnuck hailed it as “one of the great wines of the vintage”—doubly impressive, in one of the greatest years Brunello has seen—while Wine Advocate declared it “hits all the high notes of Sangiovese.” BOTH critics scored the wine 98+ points.    There’s a reason that MICHELIN-three-stars like The French Laundry are able to charge over $800 for Poggio di Sotto’s current-release Brunello—it’s the absolute crème de la crème. We are thrilled to share it with you. 

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• Wine Facts
  • Fruit Intensity
  • Oak Intensity
  • Body
  • Acidity
  • Tannin

  • ABV 14.00%
  • 2 hours
  • 2026 - 2050
  • % Sangiovese
  • Serving temperature - 58°
  • Cork
• Wine Access Tasting Note

  Medium ruby color. A mesmerizing bouquet of a nose, with candied cherries, crushed cranberry, blood orange zest, dried flowers, cedar, wet stones, and clove. Even in its youth, the wine shows infinite complexity on the palate, with flavors ranging from fresh and preserved red fruit, savory herbs, dried wildflowers, citrus peel, crushed rocks, and delicate spice. It’s full-bodied and the texture is captivating, with chiseled tannins and soaring acidity that fall perfectly into balance. A wine to cellar—your patience will be rewarded. Drink 2026–2050.

• Food Pairings
  • Cured Meat
  • Red Meat
• Critic Reviews

  98+ pts

  Wine Advocate

  Although this wine was very shy initially, the Poggio di Sotto 2019 Brunello di Montalcino eventually hits all the high notes of Sangiovese. This is a wine of enormous inner tension, showing a punchy, lifted personality with aromas of cherry skin and blackberry. You get brandied cherry, strawberry glazed pie with the gelatin, underbrush, blue flower, forget-me-nots, balsam herb, mint and licorice. A few hours later, the wine had developed into a classic beauty with slender lines, firm structure and a sparkle of brilliant acidity. The oak is integrated to the point of invisibility, the tannins are elegant and fine and the acidity is that proverbial cherry on top. Ultimately, I liked this village bottling more than the 2018 Riserva.

  98+ pts

  Jeb Dunnuck

  I was able to taste the 2019 Brunello Di Montalcino three times for this report, and it’s one of the great wines of the vintage. It takes on a bit more muscular style for the Poggio di Sotto estate, but it retains the DNA of the estate at large with its outstanding clarity. It’s medium ruby-colored and reveals notes of pure cherry, anise, wildflowers, wet stone, and tea leaf. Structured and long on the palate, it has ripe, chiseled tannins, a balanced spine of acidity, and notes of salted orange through the finish, with a long-lasting perfume. Its transparency, balanced with its complexity, makes this one of the most intriguing wines, and if stored properly, it will only improve with time in the cellar. Drink 2027-2047.