Il Poggione Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli 2016
Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli is produced only in the best vintages and in limited quantity.
This wine comes exclusively from "I Paganelli" vineyard, the oldest one in the estate, planted in 1964. Its vines, used as a clonal reference when planting new vineyards, produce high quality grapes which are picked by the individual selection of the best and ripest bunches.
After the manual harvest, the must ferments at controlled temperature. Subsequently the wine spends a long time in large French oak casks and it is then aged in the bottle.
100% Sangiovese
Vigna Paganelli - planted in 1964.
"Submerged cap" fermentation in stainless steel tanks with indigenous yeasts at a controlled temperature 25/28 °C (77/82 F). Malolactic fermentation in stainless steel. Long aging in French oak barrels followed by bottle aging.
Intense ruby red, elegant nose with notes of red fruit, leather and spices; persistent, balanced flavour, with a long and seductive finish.
| Winery | Il Poggione |
|---|---|
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Specific Appellation | Brunello di Montalcino |
| Wine Type | Red Wine |
| Grape variety | Sangiovese |
| Bottle Size | Bottle |
| Vintage | 2016 |
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At the end of the 19th century, Lavinio Franceschi, a land owner from Scandicci and modern businessman, found himself in a region whose farming methods seemed trapped in the medieval age. With a strong vision to produce high-class wine, Lavinio Franceschi selected the new Sangiovese clones, planting them in the suitable terroirs. Franceschi built a state-of-the-art new winery to optimize and capture the traditional characteristics of the product. Over a century later, the innovator’s quality driven approach is credence for his successors, Leopoldo and Livia, who run the vineyard today.
Generation after generation, many resources were spent on research for quality, clonal selections, winemaking and aging techniques, and also by building a modern winery for the standards at that time. Il Poggione was one of the first wineries to market the Brunello di Montalcino wine as early as the 1900’s, and one of the founding members of the Brunello di Montalcino Consortium.