Poggio Sotto, Decennale Riserva, IGT

Drank at 67 Incredible bottle, love the black label

2001 vintage

Sangiovese study (Chicago, IL) : Outrageously good. This is the sort of wine that really drinks in the style that I personally really like. Perfumed, clean, and crystalline red fruit, with the nose showing true to type with tart red cherries and dried herbs. The palate shows a little leather, but mostly focusses on the red fruit. Brilliant acidity, sweet fruit, and great concentration. Drinking very well now; but with plenty of gas left in the tank.

2001 vintage

Another WOTN candidate. While this is young and stuffed with rich, concentrated fruit its also bright and seamless, which allows the spice and herb complexities to come out and play. Among the elite Brunellos here.

2001 vintage

Mag Dinner 2021 (Il Giallo, Sandy Springs, GA) : From magnum; great nose but a bit richer and more advancement than I'd expect from PdS from this vintage and format, lacy cherry and berry complicated by a kiss of brown sugar and balsamic, tanned leather, sandalwood, wilted roses, smells heavier and tastes a bit richer but the great acids keep everything tidy on the finish, tannins are another thing I love about these wines and they showed like a caressing …

2001 vintage

Compared to the 2001 Soldera Riserva, this showed another side of Sangiovese. From the get-go, it showed far more savory notes than the Soldera, and less pure fruit notes. To my palate, that seemed to exaggerate the acidity somewhat. However, the PdS had very complex notes of saddle leather, smoke, and earth that made it seem like a more contemplative wine than the Soldera, which was just brimming with sweet fruit. However, while the Soldera seemed to show very similarly …

2001 vintage

Slightly oxidized

2001 vintage

Birthday drinking with the parents in Christchurch. Opulent and velvety.

2001 vintage

Pristine utterly sublime showing at its very best... still youthful, lovely soft mid-weight.

2001 vintage

Among some very senior wines, this showed lovely richness and purity. 1999 VR from DRC was STAR IN SHOW, and this came after it. See my other notes... il Decennale ticked all the boxes, and the balance was a thing to behold. Gorgeous.

2001 vintage

Yes.. tricky to imagine Brunello can be better than this. Total precision, elegant, yet powerful. Impeccable balance, supreme length, utterly joyous. Beaten on the night, by one point, by 2002 RSV Hudely-Nood.

2001 vintage

PRANZO DA VINOGODI : Degustato alla cieca. Naso elegante, soffuso, più da erbe da cucina che sul frutto. Poi le spezie dolci del legno maturo, non dolciastro, anzi...ben dosato. Bocca sferica, composta, ma allo stesso tempo vibrante, fresca e di una sapidità spugnosa che fa salivare e richiede un sorso dopo l' altro. Lunghissimo il tannino ruvido, sulle arance amare. Un grande sangiovese da pesce. Wow che bel vino

2001 vintage

3 hour slo-o. Drank alongside the normal Brunello from Poggio di Sotto it was more open on the palate than the normal. A few in our group detected VA, but I have to admit I did not. The wine evolved nicely in the glass.

2001 vintage

I rated this 94 but the Mrs gave it 96, so here we are at a 95 compromise. Elegance personified. Lovely purity as before, red fruits, fruits of the forest, beautifully integrated and well-balanced. Quite high-toned fruit and the acidity a tad out of kilter in this bottle. Still a thing of beauty though, complimenti.

2001 vintage

Ah yes... real poise here. All the delicate high toned fruit, some complexity, fruits of the forrest. Gorgeous; elegance. Very fine. SKMW got over-excited... BEST BOTTLE EVER... FINEST WINE EVER!!! Gives it 99 points... an she is MOST pleased, as I have 7 bottles left.

2001 vintage

Drank alongside the regular 01 Poggio di Sotto BdM, this was clearly the superior wine. Riper and richer black fruit, less herbal influence, with some notes of chocolate and coffee that suggest oak elevage. Not very evolved, with lots of structure still around, this is still well on the up. Better with food that helps cut the structure and allows the richness of the fruit to show through. Very nice.

2001 vintage

A very interesting side-by-side comparison with Poggio di Sotto's Brunello of the same vintage. At the open, they were rather similar, middle-weight wines with healthy acid, cherry fruit, and earthy character. The BdM started more expressively, with the Decennale more reticent. With air, however, the wines started to diverge precisely as one would have expected. In comparison (though not in absolute terms), the BdM showed more of an herbal side but was relatively more sour and shrill, whereas the Decennale …

2001 vintage

I love this wine; so Burgundian. Wonderfully elegant, delicate, with plenty of ripe red fruits at the core. Sweet super fine tannin, balanced, and immensely pleasurable.

2001 vintage

difficult to fault this - seamless, effortless, purity and absolute elegance. This is genius wine. properly excellent.

2001 vintage

Beautiful!

2001 vintage

w SD, Fillet steak and Charlotte rosemary chips: much excitement, and first impression is of a tight coil of a wine ready to spring. Very lively nose, zippy acidity (didnt expect that), fruits of the forrest, earthy, natural, very "real". In the mouth, savoury rich cherry fruit, and indeed medicinal herbs, quite exotic, and for sure supreme balance. Wish i had given this (my first of 12 bottles) a much longer decant; in the [v large] glasses, the wine blossomed …

2001 vintage

Day later from memory. Fabulous wine with a puzzling back story. Originally meant to be a Brunello Riserva, in an apparent act of abject stupidity, the local DOCG authorities rejected the color of the wine and would not give it brunello status on the label. So instead they just called it Il Decennale, presumably because this is the winemaker's 10th vintage. It doesn't really matter what they call it, because it is flat out gorgeous. Decanted for four hours, it …

2001 vintage

Really wish I could taste this one again. Came upon it after many other wines, and with a fairly numb palette. I was surprised to find it quite rustic, light weight, and with limited fruit. I'm sure this wine is better than this impression. It is my understanding that this was Piero Palmucci's '01 Riserva BdM that was not approved by the Consorzio because it was too light in color. If anyone can cofirm or correct this information, or add …

2001 vintage

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