Azienda Agricola Il Poggione
Brunello di Montalcino DOCG from Tenuta Il Poggione, a founding member of the Brunello Consorzio. 100% Sangiovese from vineyards in Sant'Angelo in Colle, fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged in large French oak botti. Among Montalcino's most con
Eric Guido scored Il Poggione's 2019 Brunello 96/100 in Vinous (December 2023), calling it a vintage of balance between 2016, 2013 and 2010. The notes below trace what he found in the glass against the producer's stated vinification: indigenous-yeast fermentation in steel, then ageing in large French oak botti.
Dried red cherry, violet and a leather-and-tobacco savouriness: the aromatic signature Vinous found in Il Poggione's 2019 and that Vivino's tasters echo, off Sangiovese Grosso from the estate's old vineyards between 150 and 450 metres at Sant'Angelo in Colle.
Violet
Black cherry
Cherry
Forest berries
Plum
Tobacco
Leather
LiquoriceThe 36 months in large French oak botti show in fine, velvet-smooth tannins around sour-cherry fruit and Montalcino's firm acidity. Balanced rather than blockbuster, the 2019 reads between the 2016, 2013 and 2010 vintages.
Long and warm, with the dried-herb and mineral lift that marks Il Poggione's Sangiovese from these old Sant'Angelo in Colle parcels.
Eric Guido scored the 2019 a 96/100 in Vinous, and across 46,793 Vivino ratings the wine averages a strong 4.2/5: a benchmark, cellar-worthy Brunello from one of Montalcino's most consistent estates rather than a flashy one-off. Best from release through the late 2030s.
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Il Poggione scores 9.2/10 for food and 8.8/10 for cellar potential: Brunello's high tannin and mandated five-year ageing make it a textbook food-and-laydown wine. Value sits at 6.5/10 because £39 for the 2020 release is below the typical UK Brunello entry; older vintages price fairly for library status.
Brunello's high acid and tannin tuned for the Tuscan table; bistecca, ragù and aged pecorino are the canonical pairings.
DOCG Brunello at the producer's namesake estate, with library vintages back to 2006. The default Italian celebration red.
Built for the cellar by mandate (DOCG requires 5 years ageing) and by Il Poggione's old-vine structural focus. Vinous calls the 2019 a baby on release.
£39 entry on the 2020 sits below typical UK Brunello DOCG entry; older mature releases are fairly priced for their library status.
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A compact view of what the Brunello di Montalcino denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
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Tenuta Il Poggione sits in Sant'Angelo in Colle, the cooler southern edge of Montalcino with maritime influence from the Tyrrhenian Sea. That position handles warm vintages (2020) and difficult cool ones (2014) better than most of the appellation. Drink-window guidance below is for this estate, not generic Brunello.
A warm Brunello vintage tested by summer heat. Sant'Angelo in Colle, sitting at the cooler southern edge of Montalcino with maritime influence from the Tyrrhenian Sea, fared better than the appellation average. Drink from 2025; built to age into the early 2030s.
Eric Guido (Vinous) called the 2019 a vintage of balance, sitting between 2016, 2013 and 2010, and scored Il Poggione 96/100. Crushed stone, rosemary, cedar and exotic spice on the nose; raspberry and orange-tinged red fruit on the palate; classically structured with crunchy tannins. Drinking window 2026 to 2040.
A wet, cool Brunello vintage that defeated many estates and led several to declassify. Il Poggione's selection-on-the-vine and old Sangiovese clones produced a leaner, earlier-drinking Brunello than usual; surviving bottles at retail are increasingly rare. Drink now.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
Brunello di Montalcino DOCG mandates 100% Sangiovese, five years total ageing (two of them in oak) and a pre-release tasting commission. Il Poggione adds: estate-bottled at Sant'Angelo in Colle since the early 1900s, founding member of the Consorzio, large French oak botti rather than barrique.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Brunello di Montalcino is in the DOCG tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Brunello di Montalcino falls within Tuscany , covering Comune di Montalcino, Toscana.
Il Poggione holds the standard Brunello in large French oak botti for around four years before bottling, on top of cellar time before release. Five years of inventory tied up earns interest, fills cellar space, and shows up in the price.
Tenuta Il Poggione has been bottling Brunello since the early 1900s and was a founding member of the Consorzio del Brunello di Montalcino. Brand provenance and a single-estate supply chain price above négoce-blended Brunello.
Per the producer cellar page (tenutailpoggione.it/it/379/cantina), Il Poggione air-dries French oak for at least four years before barrel assembly. Higher oak cost than steel or used barriques, paid back over decades of use.
Brunello DOCG limits the comune di Montalcino to 8 tonnes per hectare (less than half a generic IGT yield) and the producer adds further bunch thinning. Smaller harvest equals higher per-bottle cost.
UK still-wine duty is £2.67 per bottle (2026 HMRC rate, ABV 15% or under) plus 20% VAT on duty + ex-VAT price. Together they account for around £9.21 of the £39.24 lowest UK price tracked on this page.
Il Poggione vineyards sit in the cooler, less-marketed southern subzone rather than the historic Montalcino centro hill. That keeps the £39 entry below comparable estates from the more famous parts of the appellation, despite the same DOCG and ageing rules.
Dishes that complement this wine
These pairings work because Il Poggione's clay-grown old-vine Sangiovese carries firm tartaric acidity and grippy but resolving tannin. Each row maps a structural property of the wine onto a structural property of the food: bistecca needs tannin, ribollita needs body, pecorino needs acid.
Sangiovese's tartaric acidity is what made it the engine of the Tuscan table. The wine's high natural acid meets the natural acidity of slow-cooked tomato sauces head-on, neither wine nor dish tasting thin. Brunello's age-bred secondary character (leather, dried herb) layers underneath.
Try with: ragù alla toscana · pappa al pomodoro · pasta al cinghiale · pici all'aglione · tagliatelle al ragù · More pairings →
The reason this pairing exists. Brunello's high tannin and warm Sant'Angelo fruit needs the fat and protein of a thick-cut, char-grilled Chianina steak. The tannins bind to the meat's protein and the wine's acid cuts through animal fat; the wine ages on the plate.
Try with: bistecca alla fiorentina · tagliata di Chianina · costata di manzo · agnello arrosto · pigeon · More pairings →
Brunello's tannin and acid both meet the salt and butterfat of a stagionato cheese. The wine resets the palate between bites instead of being flattened by the dairy weight; the cheese's umami brings out the wine's tertiary leather and dried-cherry notes.
Try with: pecorino di Pienza stagionato · pecorino sardo · 36-month Parmigiano · prosciutto di Cinta Senese · More pairings →
The earthy, tobacco-and-leather signature of mature Brunello bridges directly to the savoury, almost iron-rich character of game and the umami of forest mushrooms. Long, slow-braised dishes (ossobuco, cinghiale stew) particularly benefit because they match Brunello's depth without competing on tannin.
Try with: ossobuco alla Milanese · stinco di cinghiale · venison stew · porcini risotto · pappardelle al lepre · More pairings →
When the wine is full-bodied but the table is meat-free, reach for the densest cucina povera: ribollita, lentils, baked roots. The wine's body matches the dish's weight and Brunello's secondary-tertiary herbal notes lift earthy ingredients without crushing them.
Try with: ribollita · lentil stew · aubergine parmigiana · sausage and Tuscan beans · radicchio risotto · More pairings →
Capsaicin amplifies Brunello's tannin to bitter; sweet-savoury sauces (teriyaki, char-siu) make the wine taste sour against the residual sugar. Sushi and oysters clash with Sangiovese's red-fruit and tannin signature on a metallic note.
Skip with: vindaloo · sweet-and-sour pork · sushi · oysters · spicy Sichuan · Pairing guide →
Il Poggione Brunello rewards patience: the 2019 release won't peak until 2030 (per Vinous), the 2020 holds through the early 2030s, the 2006 is fully mature now. The estate's underground cellar at 5 m and large-format French oak botti both shape the wine for the long haul.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
Built for the cellar by mandate (DOCG requires 5 years ageing) and by Il Poggione's old-vine structural focus. Vinous calls the 2019 a baby on release.
£39.24 is the lowest tracked offer for the current vintage and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighDrawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino and Wine-Searcher, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · Medium100% Sangiovese from the higher-altitude Sant'Angelo in Colle vineyards. Expect crushed-stone minerality, dried cherry, rosemary and cedar on the nose; a medium-plus body with focused, crunchy tannins; a long mineral finish. Eric Guido (Vinous) scored the 2019 release 96 points.
Built for the long haul. The current 2020 release will improve through to the early 2030s; the 2019 has a recommended drinking window of 2026 to 2040 (Vinous). Older vintages (2006, 2014) drink now and over the next several years.
Bistecca alla fiorentina is the canonical pairing, with the wine's tannin and acid meeting the fat and protein of a thick-cut Chianina steak. Also: tomato-led Tuscan ragù, ossobuco, wild game, porcini, aged Tuscan pecorino. Avoid spicy heat, sweet-savoury sauces and oily fish.
The standard Brunello is a blend across Il Poggione's vineyards in Sant'Angelo in Colle. The Riserva Vigna Paganelli comes solely from the Vigna Paganelli single vineyard, planted in 1964 on an alluvial terrace, and only in vintages the producer considers exceptional. Both are aged in large French oak botti.
For DOCG Brunello from a founding Consorzio member, the £39 entry on the 2020 release is below the typical UK Brunello entry point. The estate's consistency across difficult vintages (2014) and great vintages (2006, 2019) is a primary reason for its reputation in the trade.
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