Freddy R. Troya

9.1

Il Poggiarello — Come il Vento Sauvignon 2024 Emilia IGT, Italy 🇮🇹

Overview
100% Sauvignon Blanc from Il Poggiarello in Emilia, showing a surprisingly refined cool-climate personality. This is Sauvignon Blanc stripped of excess aromatics and built around finesse, freshness, and precision. An Italian expression that could easily make you forget where it came from in a blind tasting.

Aromas & Flavors
Quince, kumquat, citrus peel, and delicate lemon curd, joined by subtle floral and mineral nuances. Expressive but never loud, with the fruit remaining beautifully restrained.

Mouthfeel
Light- to medium-bodied, bone dry, and wonderfully agile. Bright acidity provides tension while a subtle saline edge adds dimension. Delicate in texture yet persistent, with a clean, precise, refreshing finish.

Food Pairings
Oysters, grilled shrimp, crudo, sushi, white fish, fresh goat cheese, or light seafood pasta.

Verdict
One of the most impressive cool-climate Italian Sauvignon Blancs I’ve tasted. Its finesse is the star—delicate, precise, saline, and remarkably composed. Nothing feels exaggerated, and the bottle disappears dangerously fast.

Did You Know?
While Sauvignon Blanc in Italy is more commonly associated with northeastern regions such as Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Alto Adige, Emilia offers a far less obvious home for the variety. That makes a refined expression like this particularly interesting, and a reminder of how versatile Italian viticulture can be.

🍷 Personal Pick
This completely caught me off guard. The quince, kumquat, subtle lemon curd, bone-dry finish, and touch of salinity were simply lovely. So delicate and effortless that the bottle practically evaporated from the table. This has officially become my new Old World casual Sauvignon Blanc cellar staple. — 7 days ago

Chris MacLean

8.9

Solid for mixed appetizers. A touch oxidized but retains freshness. — 5 years ago

with Sarah

Neil Cornish

8.9

The nose is cidery and not super inviting, but the palate is far more appealing. Bright coppery color. Chewy tannins. Tastes of orange peel and windfall apples. Had this at Osteria Santo Stefano in Piacenza, where their entire white wine list appears to be orange wine. — 7 years ago

Jessi Reaves

10

Yum yum wish I had ten bottles — 7 years ago

with Erica

Michael Piaker

9.2

12 July 2017. Vine Wine, Brooklyn, NY. — 9 years ago

Catherine Theis

9.0

I love this wine. For the drinking before all the holiday drinking. Round. Open. Aaron likes. — 10 years ago

C.C. Fridlin

9.0

Had in Boston- a bit sweet and very nice — 3 months ago

Al Val

9.8

Round red fruit, dry finish - a fjzzy Dionysian delight at 14% — 3 years ago

Dina

9.2

Apricot and sulfur — 4 years ago

Zoran Korencan

8.9

Vintage 2015, at home, 01.11.2019 — 7 years ago

Alan Cooke

9.5

Villa D’Este served this to us on arrival! Quite nice and smooth! — 7 years ago

Paul Zinn

9.0

Great wine! Lots of funky strawberry and fresh berry flavors. Perfect with or without food, needs a slight chill. This is a sparking style wine but only has a slight effervescence. Small winery in Italy. — 8 years ago

David Savi

9.3

Exceptional wine at this price point. Well balanced. A pleasure! — 9 years ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.1

Nice frizante stylee — a year ago

Jackson

9.1

Nice one. Earthy with some citrus — 2 years ago

Michael Malpiedi

9.1

Fizzy orange wine from Emilia-Romagna! So fun. Bone dry. Sour strawberry lemon zest. Bottle cap and beautiful label — 4 years ago

Ian Pecoraro

9.7

Frizzante! Lightly effervescent, on the sweet side. Crazy juicy and crushable, like martinelli's. Black cherry, red currant jam, toasted almond. — 7 years ago

Jay Green

9.2

Hoarding this for summer. — 7 years ago

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9.1

Vivid moderately saturated ruby. Fresh scents of black cherry, strawberry, mocha and flowers. Then extremely clean and fresh on the palate, with a youthful, musclebound quality but also very precise concentrated red fruit and violet flavors. Finishes long with smooth tannins and outstanding balance. I can’t even begin to remember the last time I have had a Gutturnio so devoid of green streaks and so much fun to drink. Well done. A blend of 55% Barbera and 45% Croatina from vines planted in 1977; spends twelve months in large oak barrels and barriques. The label says 14% alcohol, but it tasted like it had fewer octanes than that to me. (Ian D'Agata, Vinous, Jan 2018)
— 9 years ago

Nick Piccone

8.9

Good to be back — 9 years ago