Il Poggione Vigna Paganelli Riserva (Red)

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  • 2019

    Lots of dark blue fruit, violets, inky. Subtle blue flowers, blue inky fruit. I was really enjoying this - lovely black fruit, inky, complex - until the mid-palate, where the tannins decide that they've lingered on the sidelines long enough, and they deserve to take over. And take over they do. Big, extracted, powerful - but still with that delicate and floral inky black fruit screaming from the background as it is drowned out by the tannins. A shame. Give it half a decade at least. I don't dislike it, I just don't trust it. Despite everything, it does have lvely complexity and nice concentration.

    Tasted November 2024

About us

We’re mother and son duo Elizabeth Gabay MW and Ben Bernheim. Between us, we’ve been involved in the wines of southern France for over 30 years. Elizabeth started working with the wines of Provence back in 1986, and for the past 20 years has lived on the eastern edge of south-east France. We’ve worked on three books on rosé: Rosé Understanding the Pink Wine Revolution (2018), Elizabeth Gabay’s Buyers Guide to the Rosés of Southern France (2021 e-guide) and, most recently Rosés of Southern France (2022).

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