This wine is thick, rich and velvety. The Poggio Nardone 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is shaped in equal measure by the ripe and generous fruit of the vintage on the one hand and oak-driven layers of spice, smoke and cured tobacco on the other. Those barrel tones are evident and could be reined back a notch but only because the brightness of the fruit is so pretty inside. The same can be said for the oak tannins that need a few more years to unwind. A very few 2,000 bottles were produced.