Wine Reviews

This is ripe, boasting black cherry, boysenberry, leather and tar notes, plus a touch of milk chocolate. A dense matrix of broad, rough-hewn tannins backs this up, shutting down the finish at this stage.

The Tenute Silvio Nardi 2020 Brunello di Montalcino Vigneto Poggio Doria (with just 3,500 bottles made) is a very different wine compared to the village expression from this same vintage. Whereas that wine showed more dry fruit aromas, this wine has a sweeter side with plump richness and soft tannins. It also carries more fruit weight and overall textural richness. Between the two, I recommend this one.

The 2021 Brunello di Montalcino Vigneto Poggio Doria is pure seduction, with a spice box bouquet combining ground cloves, pine shavings, dried citrus peels and mentholated herbs. It opens with a subtle sweetness that complements its elegant textures and polished wild berry fruits. This wine is long and structured yet not severe, with a wild-blueberry resonance that lingers. The 2021 turns the pleasure dial to the max.

The 2020 Brunello di Montalcino Vigneto Poggio Doria opens with a rich blend of cherry sauce and sage complicated by hints of autumnal spices and leather. This is cool-toned and sleek with silken textures and masses of ripe red and blue fruits that swirl throughout.

This shows a complex nose of red and darker berries, chocolate, licorice and wet earth. Firmly structured and persistent on the palate with medium to full body and a dusty tannin texture. Long, dry finish. Try from 2028.