This wine has been produced since 1998. The Cortonesi 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Poggiarelli sees fruit sourced from a two-hectare site located 420 meters above sea level with loose Galestro soils. Consequently, the wine shows a warm and soft personality with velvety layers of ripe fruit that wrap thickly over the palate. You get more black fruits here like plum, blackberry and dark cherry. Pretty balsam and herbal accents give the wine a greater sense of focus and direction. Some 5,000 bottles were made, and they hit the market in January 2020. 95 points

Deep red with a pale amber rim. The reticent nose hints at red cherry, spicy plum, underbrush and fennel. Big, dense and juicy, with rich flavors of red cherry, dark plum, sassafras, licorice and marjoram. Finishes long and relatively suave with youthful but polished tannins, providing support to the ripe fleshy fruit presence. A big Brunello rather than a graceful one, this speaks loudly of the warm 2015 growing season, but offers good balance to avoid tasting too ripe and over the top. 93 points