December 12, 2014 | Tasting Notes
John Fodera, a well-known blogger and expert on Tuscan wines, just released his 2009 Brunello report on his site www.tuscanvines.blogspot.com. (Photo Credit to John Fodera) Il Poggione is featured at length as one of the original producers of Brunello di Montalcino,... Read more >
November 20, 2013 | Tasting Notes
I went down to the cellar the other day at Il Poggione and took this photo of the oldest bottle labeled "Brunello" in our library. Today, our estate is known as Il Poggione but in the 1930s, the labels read Franceschi after the family name of the... Read more >
November 7, 2013 | Tasting Notes
Herewith a review of our 2007 Brunello di Montalcino by the Houston Chronicle wine writer Dale Robertson (30 October 2013, Houston, Texas): Tenuta Il Poggione 2007 Brunello di Montalcino My long-ago "aha!" moment for understanding how great Italian wine... Read more >
July 18, 2013 | Tasting Notes
Herewith scores and tasting notes from The International Wine Cellar July-August 2013 number: Brunello Di Montalcino Riserva Vigna I Paganelli 2007 Bright ruby-red. Aromas of cassis, dark plum, smoky underbrush, spicecake and tobacco, plus a strong component of sweet,... Read more >
May 24, 2012 | Tasting Notes
As we often do, we have recently re-acquired a bottle of Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2004 Vigna Paganelli on the market and we have tasted it together with a bottle taken from our temperature-controlled warehouse where we store the bottles before they are sold. The... Read more >
April 10, 2012 | Tasting Notes
At the Tenuta Il Poggione, owned by the Franceschi Family, very year is renewed the ritual of opening the "caratelli" (specially shaped barrels) of Vin Santo. This year was the time of the 2003 harvest. The origins of the Vin Santo are lost in the night of... Read more >
