In Bond Fine Wine. 2015 Il Poggione Brunello Riserva Vigna Paganelli, Brunello di Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy. Red italy - tuscany in 1x150cl. Top critic score: 97/100 (ML). Drinking window: 2024–2050. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Monica Larner (ML) — 97/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 30/11/2020 · Drink 2024-2050
This single-vineyard Riserva delivers a generous, abundant and determined personality. This is Brunello with a capital B. The 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli benefits from a warm and sun-soaked microclimate that is shielded from cold winter winds. You can taste the good health of the grapes thanks to those very direct aromas of black cherry, plum, tar, campfire ash and chalky…
James Suckling (JS) — 96/100 · JamesSuckling.com, 11/11/2020
Blackberry and blueberry aromas with black truffle and lavender that follow through to a full body with a very fine, compact palate of ripe, refined tannins. It is a lovely wine to taste now, but will be even better in a year or two. Excellence here. Drink or hold.
Eric Guido (EG) — 96/100 · Vinous, 01/11/2020 · Drink 2026-2038
The 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna Paganelli Riserva from Il Poggione keeps you at the edge of your seat, with a gorgeous display of herbal-tinged black cherry, sweet white smoke, cedar and cloves. The textures are silky and polished, as this coasts effortlessly across a core of salty minerals and bright acids, taking on a decidedly savory, umami note. There's simply so much going on and so mu…