Tenuta Poggio Il Castellare is an estate winery in Montalcino in Tuscany, Italy. It producesRosso di Montalcino DOC and Brunello di Montalcino DOCG and Sant’Antimo DOC.

Owner: Bruna Baroncini: Bruna Baroncini and her nephew Samuele, bought Poggio Il Castellare in Montalcino in 1998.

Estate vineyards: Poggio Il Castellare stands on the top of the hill, surrounded by a radial of vineyards, as they say in Montalcino. The vineyards embrace the group of farmhouses that include the cellars, the residences and the welcoming places for visitors. The estate has a total of forty hectares of land, seven of which are dedicated to vineyards, two to truffle grounds, a wood rich in medicinal herbs, and the remaining part to arable land. 6.5ha of vines. There are around 5ha of Sangiovese at Pian Bossolino (see the Pian dell’Orino estate for details of the Pian Bossolino area). There is another 1ha of Sangiovese near the winery and the abbey of Sant’Antimo in an area called Colline dei Vigneti, at the foot of Monte Castellare. There is also 0.5ha of Bordeaux grapes for the Cervio Rosso (see below for more detail). 

Red wines

Passo dei Caprioli, Toscana Rosso: The name means Roebuck’s Pass. 70% Sangiovese, 30% Merlot.

Cervio Rosso, Sant’Antimo Rosso: From 0.5ha of 100% Cabernet Franc on the road from Castelnuovo dell’Abate leading down to Monte Amiata Scalo rail station. 3,500 vines/ha. 500 metres. | 2009 4,000 bottles. Aged in tonneaux. Not bad, sweet mid-weight, plump and sticky, some violets (Anteprima 2014). | 2012 4,500 bottles.

Rosso di Montalcino DOC: 2012 25,000 bottles. Sweet, bit boiled and thin (Anteprima 2014). | 2013 25,000 bottles. Simple and crisp (Anteprima 2015). | 2014 Bright jelly, atypical (Anteprima 2016).

Brunello di Montalcino DOCG: 2000 Confected and a bit medicinal (Anteprima 2005). | 2006 Made. | 2007 Made. | 2009 50,000 bottles. Thick and sticky, baked, need to drink this, will soon turn to boiled sweets (Anteprima 2014). | 2010 40,000 bottles. Very sweet sticky fruit, broad shouldered (Anteprima 2015). | 2011 Simple, bright, modern, confected (Anteprima 2016). | 2016 14.5%: Nose not clear, seems fruit juce has been added, it seems confected (Col di Lamo, June 2021).

Brunello di Montalcino Riserva, Pian Bossolino: 48 months in 25hl Slavonian botti, then 24 months in 225-litre French barriques. | 2007 Made. | 2010 Their best wine in terms of fruit and tannin (Anteprima 2016). | 2011 Made (I think). 2012 Made.

Contact

Poggio Il Castellare

Loc. Poggio Il Castellare

Fraz Castelnuovo dell’Abate

I-53024 Montalcino (SI), Italy

Tel+39 0577.940600 | Website www.baroncini.it

Office: Strada Castel Verdelli, Torrenieri 53024 (SI), Italy