The Wine Advocate | RP 96
Published: Feb 17, 2022

This is the top-shelf wine from Il Poggione, and it's a must-have bottle for those who collect wines from this celebrated estate. From an icon vintage, the 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli is a beauty. It stands at the intersection of intensity, elegance and power. The fruit is shapely and dense with plenty of blackberry and black cherry, and you also get savory touches of campfire ash, tar, licorice, ferrous earth and balsam herb. Honestly, you get it all, including that distinctive Brunello power and abundance that is not easily achieved with such careful balance. The finish is structured, fresh and long, and with more time in the glass, the leathery or savory aromas become more pronounced (as does the alcohol). Production is 40,000 bottles. 
Drink Date 2025 - 2050


Jamessuckling.com | JS 94
Published: Nov 4, 2021

The freshness and depth are impressive, with floral, dark-berry and cherry character that follows through to a full body with chewy tannins that are polished and solid. Flavorful at the end. Needs time to soften. Best after 2024. 

Winemaker

Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli is produced only in the best vintages and in limited quantity.
This wine comes exclusively from "I Paganelli" vineyard, the oldest ones in the estate, planted in 1964. Its vines, used as a clonal reference when planting new vineyards, produce high-quality grapes which are picked by the individual selection of the best and ripest bunches.
After the manual harvest, the must ferment at a controlled temperature. Subsequently, the wine spends a long time in large French oak casks and it is then aged in the bottle.

Alcohol: 15%
Source: Vigna Paganelli - planted in 1964.
Vine training system: Doppio capovolto
Harvest: By hand
Vinification: 20 days "submerged cap" fermentation in stainless steel tanks with indigenous yeasts at a controlled temperature 25/28 ?C (77/82 F). Malolactic fermentation in stainless steel.
Ageing: Long ageing in large French oak barrels followed by a long bottle ageing.
Tasting Notes: Intense ruby red, elegant nose with notes of red fruit, leather and spices; persistent, balanced flavour, with a long and seductive finish.