Val di Suga - Brunello di Montalcino Poggio Al Granchio 2016 (750ml)
Price: $85.00
| Producer | Val di Suga |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Subregion | Brunello di Montalcino |
| Varietal | Sangiovese |
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Sku | 4495 |
| Size | 750ml |
The Val di Suga, a winery situated to the north of Montalcino, began making wine in the early 1980s. A wine called Vigna del Lago was first made in 1983 from a northeast-facing vineyard beside the lake opposite the winery. In 1988 the winery purchased a particularly well-situated site called Spuntali southwest of town and this was followed in 1999 with the acquisition of the Poggio al Granchio vineyard, which is in the southeast. The varied exposition of these three sites around the town gives Val di Suga vineyards with three different aspects, allowing for a blended Brunello which is made up of fruit from the three distinct localities. In addition to the blended Brunello and the three individual crus, a Rosso is made and also a Riserva. The estate totals 55 hectares under vine.
Fermentations are long – with about 20 days post fermentation maceration on the skins. Aging of the Brunellos is in large French oak barrels for 24 months, followed by six months in concrete vats.
Vinous: 96 Points
The 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Poggio al Granchio is a dark and rich exp
Decanter: 95 Points
The Poggio al Granchio vineyard lies on schistous or ‘galestro’ soil, which accounts for this Brunello’s iron-tinged, meaty succulence. The tannins have an engaging thickness, plumping up the fruit without colonising it, allowing the flinty flavours typical of this vineyard full play.
Wine Spectator: 95 Points
Black currant cherry and plum flavors abound in this red accented by licorice tar menthol iron and tobacco notes. Pure detailed and harmonious with spice and mineral elements lingering on the long aftertaste. Almost approachable now but better in three to five years. Best from 2024 through 2048. 250 cases imported. ? BS
Jeb Dunnuck: 95 Points
The 2016 Poggio al Granchio Brunello di Montalcino is aromatically expressive of perfectly ripe cherry sweet herbs dried flowers and stony earth. There is a generous purity of fruit on the palate with mineral-rich earth and it had the most balanced and harmonious structure in the lineup on this tasting with present but fine-grained tannin. I love this wine for its darker mineral edge in counterpoint with crunchy and ripe fruit. It is a super-pleasurable wine right out of the gate and will continue to be so over the next 20 or more years.
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