2006 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Poggio al Vento
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The 2006 Brunello di Montalcino Poggio al Vento Riserva starts to show tertiary nuances as dusty soil tones, dried roses and cedar complicate crushed wildberries and a lifting hint of rosemary evolves in the glass. It offers total pleasure on the palate, silken and round with fresh acidity for balance and a pure display of strawberry and cherry. The finish shows excellent length and framing tannins, perfectly balanced as a balsamic twang and the slightest tinge of soy fade. The 2006 is ready to go, yet balanced for many more years of cellaring.
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The Col d'Orcia 2006 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Poggio al Vento opens to pretty intensity and richness. This is a thickly layered wine that leans robustly on the senses. It shows sweet tannins and a voluptuous texture with a free-flowing bouquet that carries dark fruit, tobacco and spice in a long continuum. There is a sweet note, a ripe fruit tone on the end, and the tannins are supple. This wine feels riper and sweeter compared to the village bottling from 2006.
Concentrated healthy-looking ruby with bricky rim. Lots of concentration with a very good balance. Lovely complexity on the nose too. Rich, chewy tannins to complement the big, sweet fruit. Mouthfilling, yet stylish. (WS)
The same can be said about Col d’Orcia’s 2006 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Poggio al Vento. Col d’Orcia places a little more emphasis on structure than Valdicava, so I was surprised by how well the 2006 showed, considering it hasn’t even been released yet.