La Poderina Brunello di Montalcino (Red)
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2020
La Poderina Brunello di Montalcino (Red) 2020 - OutstandingTasted by Elizabeth Gabay MW & Ben Bernheim
Hints of white flowers, ginger, oak. Blackberries, black cherries. Remarkably supple tannins on the palate - they're big, they're powerful, but they're softened around the edges and just barely wrapped in velvet. Pretty minerality, lots of blue fruit, some cherries, lots of hedgerow fruit. Energising and full-bodied. Great concentration, fantastic balance, high acidity softened by rather a lot of warming, charmingly boisterous alcohol. Modern and endearing.
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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