2006 Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino Poggio alle Mura

Community Tasting Notes (42) Avg Score: 91.1 points

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  11/25/2023 - cannym wrote:

  Ruby, browning. This just didn't sign for me. A bit dry and lacking fruit. Guess there were a number of tertiary flavours around. Drinkable but no thrills at all. It was decanted but possibly not left for long enough.

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  6/2/2023 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 93 Points

  From a pristinely cellared bottle, this medium-to-deep garnet wine was decanted off of its sediment and consumed with Italian cuisine over the ensuing two hours. Packed with cranberry, pomegranate and red plum fruit, it adds a supporting cast of savory herbs, star anise, cigar tobacco and cocoa. Medium-bodied, energetic and with well-integrated oak, it has good mid-palate density, soft residual tannins and throws no heat from its 14.5% alcohol (when served at the appropriate temperature of 60-65°F). Lengthy and vibrant on the back end, this has fleshed out beautifully. There is plenty enough fruit for this Brunello to reach its twenty-fifth birthday with grace. If you choose to pop the cork now, be sure to decant the wine off of its sediment and give it 60-90 minutes of air. Drink now-2031.

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  12/27/2022 - Enfantterrible wrote: 92 Points

  Excellent. Too late at night for details. Other positive notes sum it up nicely. It’s the spice that captures my attention. Will hold last 2 bottles for 2025

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  4/12/2022 - terry j Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Lush, beautiful wine. Striking appearance in the glass: a color between ruby and dark cherry, with flavor much like the best bing cherry you've ever had. This wine shines in the glass and on the palate. Pleasant enough but not memorable nose. Rich, balanced ... maybe I do like Brunello di Montalcino after all. Wow, this is a 2006!?! I'd peg it for a much younger wine. This is clearly capable of lasting another 10 years, which will put it up into the high 20's. If you've got a case, drink one a year with beef bourguignon or some other rich, deeply flavored, deserving dish. And pat yourself on the back.

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  8/29/2021 - VinoPKM wrote: 91 Points

  Fruit is gone and all secondary notes... balsamic, leather and tobacco. Tannins aren't fully resolved.

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