Wine Enthusiast:  Rated as Superb - one of the greats. Superb, one of the greats.  "Podere Brizio delivers a super pleasurable and succulent Brunello with a soft, chewy consistency and a long, velvety finish. The bouquet is composed of dark fruit, mature blackberry, chocolate, espresso, smoke, crushed clove and toasted nut."  Apr 2011

Winery: "A classic and refined Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, both powerful and elegant."

Wired For Wine:    Ciao bellissima!  If you are able to speak after your first sip of this unforgettably delicious Podere Brizio Brunello di Montalcino, these may be the only words you can muster...  It is drinkable now, but if you are able to exercise a little restraint, the rewards will be well worth the wait.  When you do decide to divvy up that first bottle, we encourage you to enjoy it with Roman style pizza bites with roasted cherry tomatoes and fennel sausage.  You might imagine yourself atop a Tuscan hillside...  The dark fruit, sweet oak spices, impeccably refined smoke, espresso, and enticingly subtle spice of this Podere Brizio make it the ideal choice with lamb, game, beef and meat sauces.  Grilled T-bone steaks with roasted pepper salsa and blue cheese butter will bring on sheer delight.  Pappardelle with a hearty oxtail ragu will bring out the earthy side of this brilliant Brunello.  The elegant fruit in this Tuscan red will shine beautifully with lamb chops topped with a heady sauce of dried cherries, balsamico, cardamom and shallots.  Un dilemma incredibilmente deliziosi!  Hopefully you will have had another bottle or two breathing while the meal was taking place.  Set one on the table for everyone to help themselves and serve an aged Asiago cheese with it.  Life is short, winelovers; be sure you don't miss out on this blazing Brunello bandwagon.

Size:  750ml, cork
Varietal:  100% Sangiovese Grosso
Alcohol:  14.0%
Ageing:   24 months in French oak barriques
Region:  Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy
Limited Production: 1,800 dozen