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• Score: 90 Vintage 2022 Wine Advocate The 2022 Rosso di Montalcino offers a strong mineral signature in front of bright cherry and cassis. The effect is simple, but the layering is elegant and attractive. You feel the finely grained tannins, and ultimately, this wine drinks with a bigger style compared to your standard Rosso. These are great results, especially at this price point. Production is 40,100 bottles. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 88 Vintage 2021 Wine Advocate With fruit picked over a 5.6-hectare vineyard at 300 meters in elevation, the La Poderina 2021 Rosso di Montalcino has tart fruit and dried raspberry with grilled herb and blue flower. This lean-bodied wine finishes short with crispness and cooling acidity. This is a 29,800-bottle release. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 89 Vintage 2020 Wine Advocate The 2020 Rosso di Montalcino (with 29,400 bottles produced) shows simple lines and an accessible personality with redcurrant, sour cherry, baked clay and lavender essence. The wine is identified by its very Mediterranean or Italian traits that specifically link it to the breezy hillsides of Montalcino, Tuscany. La Poderina does a nice job with its Rosso program. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 88 Vintage 2020 Vinous Media The 2020 Rosso di Montalcino wafts up with a classic La Poderina bouquet of crushed stone, violets, lavender and plums. Its silky textures are nicely matched by ripe wildberries and sweet inner spices, as brisk acids maintain poise. The 2020 leaves the palate dry with lasting minerality and a subtle coating of fine tannin. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 92 Vintage 2019 James Suckling A rich sangiovese with cherries and hints of toffee and walnuts. Medium-bodied with medium, round tannins and a flavorful finish. Drink now. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 90 Vintage 2018 Wine Advocate La Poderina's 2018 Rosso di Montalcino opens to a light ruby color that shines nicely in the glass. The aromas open to wild fruit and tart cherry, but there's a mineral note as well, with crushed stone or pencil shaving. Seeing 10 months in steel vat, this is a lean and tonic Sangiovese that would pair with a simple pasta al pomodoro with extra Parmigiano cheese grated over. Those chalky mineral tones give the wine better sharpness and definition compared to many of its peers. Some 44,000 bottles were rolled out, and you get great value with this bottle. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 90 Vintage 2018 Vinous Media I find a remarkably pretty display of fresh strawberry and lifting floral tones, crushed stone, and hints of peppery herbs in La Poderina's 2018 Rosso di Montalcino. The 2018 is soft, motivated by brisk acids with a twang of zesty tart berry fruits and inner violet tones. It isn’t just juicy; the 2018 also has a wonderful twist of citrus, spice, minerals and brisk acids throughout the finish that just begs you to take another sip. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 87 Vintage 2018 Wine Spectator A sleek style, this red offers cherry, earth and tobacco flavors. Approachable, with a little kick of heat on the finish. Drink now. 2,500 cases made, 200 cases imported. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 87 Vintage 2018 Wine Enthusiast This has a subtle nose suggesting dark-skinned fruit, violet and a whiff of moist earth. The linear palate is on the lean side, evoking pomegranate, star anise and sage alongside bright acidity and dusty, drying tannins. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 89 Vintage 2017 James Suckling There’s lots of ripeness here with dried berries, dried red cherries and some herbs and tobacco. Medium body, fine tannins and a drying finish. Drink now. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 87 Vintage 2017 Wine Enthusiast The nose is rather closed but eventually reveals leather, pipe tobacco and botanical herbs. The firm, no-frills palate offers blackberry jam and star anise alongside dusty tannins. Drink soon. KERIN O’KEEFE Shelf Talker Full Page Review