JS
95
James Suckling
RP
95+
Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate
WE
95
Wine Enthusiast
WS
95
Wine Spectator
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San Polo Brunello di Montalcino 'Podernovi' 2016

Product description

Aromas of forest floor, grilled herb, camphor and pipe tobacco mingle on the nose of this full-bodied red. The firm, elegantly structured palate offers juicy Marasca cherry, red currant, licorice and coffee bean. Tightly wound, fine-grained tannins and fresh acidity grip the close and lend an age-worthy structure. 

95 Points - Wine Spectator

A mix of wild herb, Tuscan scrub, rose, cherry and earth flavours mark this sleek red, which tiptoes between elegance and power, with a layer of chalky tannins underlying it all. With air, the ripe cherry and plum fruit come forward. Best from 2025 through 2047.

95 Points - Wine Enthusiast

Aromas of forest floor, grilled herb, camphor and pipe tobacco mingle on the nose of this full-bodied red. The firm, elegantly structured palate offers juicy Marasca cherry, red currant, licorice and coffee bean. Tightly wound, fine-grained tannins and fresh acidity grip the close and lend an age-worthy structure. Drink 2026–2041.

95+ Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Delicately perfumed and finessed, the San Polo 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Podernovi is very floral and lifted in personality. This vintage is very different than the inaugural 2015 vintage. I remember the previous release for its darker and blacker quality of fruit. This cooler vintage is more lithe and lighthearted, with building aromatic intensity that unfolds with caution and care. Once the wine is in your glass, it reveals a succession of sour cherry, wild rose and fresh lavender bud. There are light mineral dustings, and the wine is quite solid and structured. This bodes well for its aging evolution. Fruit comes from a two-hectare parcel in a cool and high position, some 450 meters above sea level. The soils are clayey with schistous Galestro. Production is 13,000 bottles.

95 Points - James Suckling

A mix of wild herb, Tuscan scrub, rose, cherry and earth flavours mark this sleek red, which tiptoes between elegance and power, with a layer of chalky tannins underlying it all. With air, the ripe cherry and plum fruit come forward. Best from 2025 through 2047.