2008 Poggio di Sotto Rosso di Montalcino

Professional Reviews

Notes

Twenty-three months in cask is the telling detail of Poggio di Sotto’s 2008 Rosso, recorded by Antonio Galloni in May 2011. This is Sangiovese from Piero Palmucci’s period at the Castelnuovo dell’Abate estate, which he acquired in 1989. Poggio di Sotto had been producing Rosso since the 1994 vintage. Galloni described a relatively slender wine with raspberry, spice and mint, its fruit carried through the finish by silky tannins. His account puts the emphasis on poise: aromatic detail remained clear within a supple, carefully proportioned frame. The time in cask and the delicacy of that review give this 2008 a particular identity among the estate’s releases. Rosso was already an established part of Palmucci’s work here, and the 2008 provides a record of its finer, more delicate register.