Ethereal and utterly beguiling, this has me in raptures just as the 2019 did almost a year ago. A wine that is highly expressive aromatically, yet which is constantly evolving and revealing more of its charms as it inhales, breathes and opens. You’re drawn back to it time and again and each time it gives a little more. There are subtle warm spice notes, an elegant and delicate florality, there’s a hint of iodine and marine salinity – half oyster shall, half nori – and there’s a beautiful assortment of red berries and a little cherry too. Above all one has an almost physical sensation of the gentle warmth of the summer sunshine – like walking on the edge of the shore at the point where the cooling breeze off the sea intermingles with the heat reflecting off the sand. This has a most beautiful shape and form in the mouth too, so sleek, so lithe, so gently caressing and yet the beady tannins are a constant presence – here like little glass rollers on which the purity of the fruit is gently conveyed. Utterly divine. — acclaim for 2020 Poggio di Sotto Brunello di Montalcino from The Drinks Business, Mar 2025

A legend in the making, this is sumptuous. Slow to reveal its charms at first, this is the Brunello equivalent of Cheval Blanc; a little more open and expressive when re-tasted just before the March releases. Pitch perfect poise, elegance, charm, finesse and delicacy. One of the most beautiful aromatic profiles of any Italian wine I have ever encountered. It’s incredibly floral – violet, lavender, peony and a mix of dried flesh-pink rose petals and fresh yellow rose petals (I’m back in my grandfather’s garden). Patchouli and confit floral notes too. There’s a dusty, earthy element too and a little cinnamon, freshly grated. In the mouth, there’s more amplitude here than the slightly more structured 2020 Brunello itself. The effect is to give the fruit, still generously enrobed in its floral pink silk pyjamas, more space to dance and glide and express itself. There’s amazing freshness, a milles feuilles sense of layering and a seemingly endless finish stretching all the way to a distant vanishing point. Incredible. — acclaim for 2019 Poggio di Sotto Brunello di Montalcino from The Drinks Business, Mar 2025

Pouring a jeweled ruby color, the 2021 Rosso di Montalcino offers up more compact aromas of black raspberries, wet stones, violets, and sweet earth. It’s medium-bodied but has good extract and richness in this vintage, with ripe, structured tannins and a long finish. A rich vintage for this wine, it’s going to have some real aging potential and drink well over the next 15 years. — acclaim for 2021 Poggio di Sotto Rosso di Montalcino from Jeb Dunnuck, Jan 2025