La Poderina
Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
- Origin
- Italy, Tuscany
- Varietal
- Red
- Composition
- 100% Sangiovese Grosso
- Soil
- medium loam with some clay deposits and organic matter
- Fermentation
- 15 days in stainless steel tanks at 75-82 °F
- Aging
- 12 months in French and Slavonian oak barriques (50%), and 18 months in French and Slavonian 55-110hl casks (50%) followed by 10 months in bottle
- First vintage
- 1988
- Production
- 53,000 bottles
Tasting Notes
Ruby-red color with garnet notes.
Intense, concentrated nose of black cherries, wild berries, and vanilla.
On the palate, it is rich, full-bodied, quite tannic in youth, and soft and persistent.
