2018 Poggio di Sotto - Brunello di MontalcinoColour : Red Producer : Poggio di Sotto Label Name : Brunello di Montalcino Country : Italy Region : Tuscany Sub Region : Brunello di Montalcino Variety : Sangiovese Grosso Vintage : 2018 Capacity : 750 ml Standard Bottle Tasting Note : The nose is metallic, earthy and stony, with cherry undertones providing levity. Cherries take a star turn on the palate, with strawberries and raspberries playing crucial supporting roles, while a tension between

Black licorice

grainy backbone

then developing grandiose blueberry and blackberry flavours

Lasts for minutes on the palate

quite a Burgundian vintage

even as mouthcoating tannins emerge

the 2011 was widely dismissed at release as structurally dilute and commercially unrewarding

these conditions produced wines of remarkable purity and charm

Colour : White Producer : Lafaurie-Peyraguey Country : France Region : Bordeaux Sub Region : Sauternes Variety : Proprietary Blend Vintage : 1988 Capacity : 750 ml - Standard Bottle Rating : 91 pts Tasting Note : Good pale color

fermented in small tanks with native yeasts and aged for 18 months in new French barriques

Domaine de Chevalier’s wines are among the most consistently age-worthy produced in Pessac-Léognan

Of all the 2012 whites