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Poggio Colombi
D.O.C. TUSCAN MAREMMA CABERNET
Alcool 13,5%
Production area
Maremma Toscana.
Fattoria il Casalone.
Orbetello Scalo, Grosseto.
Grapes and Vineyard
Cabernet Sauvignon 70%, Cabernet Franc 20%, Petit Verdot 10%
Manual harvest carried out between mid and late September.
Vinification
After malolactic fermentation, the wine ages for over 12 months in second passage barriques.
This is followed by 6 months of bottle aging.
Tasting
Shiny ruby color, faded on the edges.
The nose is full of memories of wild berries, dark and sweet spices, tobacco and Mediterranean scrub. In the mouth it expands with softness and silky tannins, in a picture of perfect balance.
Production
Bordeaux bottle.
Boxes of 6 bottles.
Production of 35,000 / 40,000 bottles.
Formats - Bottle 0.75 lt
Service
Serve at 16-18 ° C.
It is a fabulous accompaniment to first and second courses of red meat, especially beef and lamb.
the VINES
Cabernet Sauvignon is the most widespread red grape variety in the world whose powerful tannic structure can give life to extremely complex and long-lived wines.
Cabernet Franc, less late than Cabernet Sauvignon, is perfect to complete the aromatic profile of the latter.
Petit Verdot is a black grape variety originating from the Médoc area in France, due to its rebellious nature it is rarely vinified alone.
With little cultivation in the world, it is a vine that expresses its best in Italy, especially in Lazio and Maremma,
with a late ripening it is capable of producing tannic, concentrated and colored wines.
Poggio Colombi
D.O.C. TUSCAN MAREMMA CABERNET
Awards accolades and reviews
Wine technical sheet
Wine Club & Shop
- 2024 - Jancis Robinson's Ratings - JR
POGGIO COLOMBI DOC Vintage 2021 - Tasting date January 19th, 2024 - Reviewer Tamlyn Currin - Score 16.5/20
"Plush, insouciantly charming, milk-chocolate-fondu-dipped berry fruit. Way too easy to drink, like pretty much all the Pepi Lignana wines. There is a whisper of spice and a nicker of black-olive tapenade in the super-lithesome tannins bringing a pause of seriousness to the finish." - 2023 - Yearbook of the Best Italian Wines 2024 - Luca Maroni
POGGIO COLOMBI DOC 2021 - Tasting Date July 6th, 2023 – C: 33 – E: 31 – I: 32 - IP: 96
"This great wine is majestically concentrated and supremely powerful. Layers and layers of pulp, lively acidity and mousse tannin that make its palate of superior volume and power. A black cherry compote in jam that a very calibrated and very clear spiciness glazes with the sweet purities of the oak with results of crystalline, stainless olfactory purity." - 2022 - Top of Toskana by Vinum Magazine Fur Weinkultur
POGGIO COLOMBI DOC 2020 - 16.5 Points
"Cabernet Sauvignon with some Franc and Petit Verdot: formidable plum nose, aromas of black pepper and tobacco;
on the palate concise, the tannins robust, ends long and powerful. It combines character and elegance." - 2022 - Yearbook of the Best Italian Wines 2023 - Luca Maroni
POGGIO COLOMBI DOC 2020 - Tasting Date August 1st, 2022 – C: 32 – E: 30 – I: 31 - IP: 93
"Chapeau." - 2022 - JS Wine Ratings 2022 - James Suckling
POGGIO COLOMBI Vintage 2019 - Tasting Date August 2022 – PTS 92
"Plenty of currant and dried flower character with some bark on both the nose and palate. Medium body. Solid core of fruit and flavorful finish. Nice depth and flavor to this. Drink or hold." - 2022 - Decanter Word Wine Awards 2022
POGGIO COLOMBI - D.O.C. MAREMMA TOSCANA Vintage 2019
70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Cabernet Franc, 10% Petit Verdot.
Silver Award - Score 91 - View here
"Cherries and plum with grassy, spicy, peppery notes and some silky yet firm tannins." - 2020 - Best Wines Yearbook 2020 - Luca Maroni
IP: 94 - C: 33 - E: 30 - I: 31– O - H: 25,000 - K: Cabernet Sauvignon 85%, Petit Verdot 15%
"POGGIO COLOMBI D.O.C. TUSCAN MAREMMA CABERNET 2017 is a show of maximum extraction concentration.
A mellowness and a texture so dense that it seems like the essence of grapes and violets. The best ever." - 2019 - Best Wines Yearbook 2019 - Luca Maroni
IP: 94 - C: 32 – E: 30 – I: 32 – O – H: 25.000 – K: Cabernet Sauvignon 85%, Petit Verdot 15%
"The 2016 POGGIO COLOMBI with a splendid Bordeaux cassis." - 2018 - Best Wines Yearbook 2018 - Luca Maroni
POGGIO COLOMBI 2015 - IP: 91 - C: 32 – E: 30 – I: 29 – O – h: 25.000 – k: Cabernet Sauvignon 85%, Petit Verdot 15%
"2015 POGGIO COLOMBI s of absolute excellence, powerful and soft in its fleshy cassis. A glass of high viticulture and very respectful enology." - 2017 - I Vini di Veronelli 2017
POGGIO COLOMBI 2014 (G.B.) 91 – Evaluation: * Excellent wine
Excellent review by the Veronelli 2017 Guide. The Pepi Lignana wines of Fattoria Il Casalone were judged between The best and the excellent. - 2016 - Best Wines Yearbook 2016 - Luca Maroni
“Clear aroma integrity of the black cherry jam from POGGIO COLOMBI. A sample of rare value.” - 2015 - Decanter Asia World Wine Awards 2015
POGGIO COLOMBI della Fattoria il Casalone, è stato giudicato eccellente dai migliori professionisti del vino di tutto il mondo nei concorsi enologici più completi e autorevoli al mondo; è stato premiato come “Asia Wine Awards Bronze 2015”. - 2014 - The Times - Best Red Wines
Jane Mac Quitty describes and suggests the best wines sold on the high street.
The highly recommended POGGIO COLOMBI, is described as “Cabernet is blended here with a 10 per cent dollop of Petit Verdot to create this dazzling, bold, chunky, cassis, black plum and blackberry-layered red.” - 2014 - Decanter Word Wine Adwards 2014
The Pepi Lignana Wine Cellar of Fattoria il Casalone participated in the 2014 edition of the prestigious Decanter Asia Wine Awards.POGGIO COLOMBI 2012 wine was awarded with honors obtaining the coveted "Asia Wine Awards Commended 2014". - 2012 - The Wall Street Journal selets the Poggio Colombi
Lettie Teague current columnist of the Wall Street Journal for Wine and longtime columnist of Food & Wine marks the POGGIO COLOMBI 2010, as “Great” and “Fantastic”, considering it one of the best wines in terms of value for money available in New York wine shops. - 2012 - Wine & Spirits Rewards il Poggio Colombi
The prestigious Wine & Spirits mentions POGGIO COLOMBI among the wines they have selected, which is included among the best Tuscan Reds of the year. The POGGIO COLOMBI was also awarded for the best value for money.
We thank Amie Rogosin Montecastelli Wines – New York, for sending us the press releases..
Thanks to Amie Rogosin for the good news:
"The latest press for Pepi Lignana wines! POGGIO COLOMBI 2009 was one of the wines that received Years Best Tuscan Red and Best Buy status. Vermentino 2010 also received Best Buy status.” - 2012 - The Independent by Anthony Rose
“Italy has grasped the nettle of change to become one of the most exciting wine countries in the world.” - 2011 - London Evening Standard: “Poggio Colombi tra i Migliori Rossi”
POGGIO COLOMBI 2007 was selected among the best Italian red wines by Andrew Neather on the London Evening Standard in London.
His comment:: “Fattoria Il Casalone POGGIO COLOMBI 2007, I.G.T. TOSCANA MAREMMA, is in a more international style, mostly from cabernet sauvignon. Again, it’s from the Maremma, with solid structure and tannins but wonderfully supple and approachable“. - 2011 - Tim Atkin e il Poggio Colombi
Another nice surprise this year among the awards:
Tim Atkin has designated our 2007 vintage POGGIO COLOMBI (Cabernet Sauvignon 90% e Petit Verdot 10%) as “Wine of the week". - 2011 - Poggio Colombi among the 100 best Italian Wines - Luca Maroni
Our POGGIO COLOMBI 2007 is present among the 100 best Italian wines selected by Luca Maroni. There was enthusiasm in the company, we worked hard to achieve this result. - 2007 - Poggio Colombi - I.G.T. Toscana Maremma - Fattoria il Casalone
Despite the expanding variety of high-quality Italian whites, the country’s strenght remains its superlative reds.
You dave inovative attempts at an international style in wines from Tuscany’s Maremma region such as the 2007 Il Casalone POGGIO COLOMBI, Maremma Toscana, a value Red of seductively cherryish, chocolate richness.
