
Podernovi
Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
Podernovi, San Polo’s new single vineyard Brunello, makes its debut with the extraordinary 2015 vintage. Crafted with Sangiovese grapes grown in the vineyard synonymous with the wine, it is among the most beautiful and archetypal of Montalcino. Podernovi is an elegant and poignant Brunello.
Climate trend
The 2018 Vintage was characterized by a trend that can best be summarized in a single word: calm. The harvest started on 20th September and ended on 5th October. From the outset, nature took its time; due to a harsh winter, the season started with a slight delay compared to the norm, and vegetative growth in spring was slow and steady, thanks to cool temperatures and heavy rainfall in May and June. The hot but never scorching summer and excellent temperature ranges enabled the vines to continue their development in a very balanced manner. This calm trend was subsequently mirrored in the harvest, which was among the longest in recent years. Nature took its time, and we like to be guided by its rhythms, so we adapted by arranging a phased harvest, according to parcels and sometimes even harvesting grapes from the same plot separately, so as to wait for the perfect ripeness of the lovely grapes that this vintage has bestowed on us. The wines have undergone fermentation in the cellar, again with the same calm that typified the entire harvest, which we are certain will also characterize the ageing period. We will wait to taste them, albeit impatiently, but know that by respecting nature’s rhythms we will appreciate them even more.
Vintage rating
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Grape varieties
Sangiovese 100%
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Vineyard
Podernovi – 3 hectares
Harvest
Grapes are hand harvested in small 17 kg crates during the first October weeks
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Size
750 / 1.5 lt / 3 lt
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Vinification
Soft crushing of the grapes after careful selection of the berries
Ageing
30 months in lightly toasted 4000 L casks. This is followed by at least 6 months of bottle ageing before its market release.
Fermentation
In 2500 L tapered Slavonian oak vats
Malolactic fermentation
In 4000 L wooden casks
Awards
Luca Gardini
The ‘Single Vineyard’ of San Polo, bottled for the first time with 2015 vintage, already on absolute excellence levels. Nice freshness to the nose, blueberry, touches of thyme and black pepper, with nuances of undergrowth and licorice. The sip is brackish, with beautiful persistence.
Jancis Robinson
Deep ruby with orange tinges. Sweetly concentrated dark fruit on nose and lush, tangy fruit dabbed with oak. Long and with generous, lush fruit on the finish.
James Suckling
Expressive and expansive nose of fresh plums, cherries, cloves, nutmeg, flowers and sandalwood. It’s so transparent and vibrant, with a medium to full body and fine, tight tannins. Gorgeous fruit. From organically grown grapes.
97 +
Luca Gardini
The ‘Single Vineyard’ of San Polo, bottled for the first time with 2015 vintage, already on absolute excellence levels. Nice freshness to the nose, blueberry, touches of thyme and black pepper, with nuances of undergrowth and licorice. The sip is brackish, with beautiful persistence.
94
James Suckling
Expressive and expansive nose of fresh plums, cherries, cloves, nutmeg, flowers and sandalwood. It’s so transparent and vibrant, with a medium to full body and fine, tight tannins. Gorgeous fruit. From organically grown grapes.
16,5
Jancis Robinson
Deep ruby with orange tinges. Sweetly concentrated dark fruit on nose and lush, tangy fruit dabbed with oak. Long and with generous, lush fruit on the finish.