This is Brunello with serious pedigree. Sourced from Il Poggione’s oldest vines (planted back in 1964), the 2019 Vigna Paganelli Riserva only gets made in top-tier years—and it shows. Think deep cherry and plum layered with spice, tobacco, black tea, and a whisper of incense. It’s full-bodied but super graceful, with smooth tannins and a long, juicy finish. Still youthful, this one’s built for the long haul—perfect for cellaring or pulling out for a special dinner down the road.

Decanter | D 97
Published: Nov 13, 2024
Drink: 2027-2042

The estate’s prize plot, Vigna Paganelli was planted in 1964. Fabrizio Bindocci says that while it performs well even in the most challenging vintages, it is only bottled separately in the best years. The rejected fruit of three successive selections is completely discarded, rather than used for another wine. Gorgeously perfumed but properly restrained, the 2019 doles out nutmeg, cinnamon, black tea and incense on a persistent backdrop of dried cherry and black plum. Dense and sizeable but deftly balanced in its proportions, it remains effortlessly afloat as it expands assuredly across the palate. Soft, grainy tannins leave the mouth cleansed, yet this needs time, gratifyingly, for all its intricacies to be revealed.
Closure: Cork
Alcohol: 14.50%
Body: Full
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 100% Sangiovese

The Wine Advocate | RP 95
Published: Nov 21, 2024
Drink: 2025-2043

The Il Poggione 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli (with 40,000 bottles produced) sees a prolonged 48 months in oak botti with an additional 12 months in bottle. Fruit comes exclusively from a 12-hectare vineyard that was originally planted in 1964. We haven't seen this Riserva since the 2016 vintage. It starts off with broad richness, and the bouquet fires on all cylinders. It shows tart blackberry and plum with cured tobacco leaf and sweet baking spice. You feel a rich buildup on the palate from what is a naturally concentrated vintage. I have adjusted the drinking window to be a bit shorter compared to past vintages.

Jamessuckling.com | JS 94
Published: Dec 12, 2024

This has a concentrated nose of blackberries, licorice and notes of espresso. The palate is medium- to full-bodied with supple tannins and red-fruit flavors complemented by cedar. Elegant Brunello. Drink or hold.

Jancisrobinson.com | JR 17.5
Published: Oct 30, 2024
Drink: 2025-2033

Lustrous mid ruby. Sweet, intense red fruit with top notes of dark spice and a suggestion of cardamom. Unexpectedly fluid on the palate with ripe, tangy raspberry and finely chiselled, gripping tannins. Very long, juicy and perfumed.

Tenutailpoggione.it

Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli is produced only in the best vintages and in limited quantities.

This wine is made only from the grapes of the oldest vineyard of the company "I Paganelli", planted in 1964. These vines, used as a reference clone for the planting of new vineyards, produce grapes of the highest quality that are harvested by selecting one by one the best and ripest bunches.

After the manual harvest, the must ferments at a controlled temperature. The wine then spends a long period in French oak barrels, followed by refinement in the bottle.

Name
Brunello di Montalcino Reserve Vigna Paganelli

Grapes
100% Sangiovese

Vintage
2019

Alcohol
14.5%

Vineyard
Vigna Paganelli - planted in 1964

Type of system
Double inverted

Collection
By hand

Winemaking
20 days "submerged cap" in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature 25/28 °C. Malolactic fermentation in steel.

Refinement
Long refinement in French oak barrels followed by a period of refinement in the bottle

Organoleptic analysis
Intense ruby red color, elegant on the nose, with aromas of red fruit, leather and spicy notes; persistent, balanced on the palate, with a long and seductive finish.

Pairings
Red meat, game, accompanied by mushrooms or truffles, mature cheeses.