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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.1 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 102 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by pinoteer on 4/21/2024 & rated 90 points: Decanted one hour. Some tawny color intruding on the light red fruit color. Rich, almost baked, cherries, wet saddle, and wood notes. Tannins are quite smooth, with nice acidity. Medium-length finish. Doesn't compare to the '13 Argiano that we had the other night, but a decent BdM nonetheless. (343 views) | | | Tasted by fmginc on 3/30/2024 & rated 90 points: great rich fruit notes (418 views) | | | Tasted by tbrader on 3/9/2024 & rated 85 points: Aged. Dried apples and apricots, earth tones. Pale brown. Well past its heyday. (447 views) | | | Tasted by Alemany on 6/29/2023 & rated 92 points: So so good with meat and heavy grease. (1678 views) | | | Tasted by Gen NY on 6/10/2023 & rated 90 points: No time to decant, so PNP’d. Tight at first with good earthy smells and red fruit. After an hour or so, bright fruit pushed its way to the front. This has more stuffing than you typical Chianti Riserva but on the light side for Brunello. It will improve with time. (1534 views) | | | Tasted by Larsrar on 3/23/2023 & rated 89 points: More fruit present compared with last bottle. Nice development with tertiary earthy notes of wet leaves, forest floor and leather. Not bad... (1789 views) | | | Tasted by Angro on 3/1/2023 & rated 92 points: Decanted around 90 minutes. Drinking well now. Balanced with fruit and earthy tones, and a nice long finish. (1685 views) | | | Tasted by Larsrar on 2/23/2023 & rated 86 points: Dried out. Ok with food. Not quite potential for further aging. (1709 views) | | | Tasted by Rick 4 Wine on 1/25/2023: Nothing special. Table wine. (1331 views) | | | Tasted by maxmanx on 11/30/2022: A really light Brunello, but J really liked it. Rather boring for me. (1330 views) | | | Tasted by benloeb66 on 11/26/2022 & rated 90 points: Tight right after opening. Strong structure. Will drink over three days (984 views) | | | Tasted by rroydesi on 11/21/2022 & rated 95 points: Acidic , stone fruits (942 views) | | | Tasted by Johnny5 on 10/6/2022 & rated 93 points: Ready and rockin, my last bottle of this vintage wish I had 12 more. Classic Brunello, memorable (1244 views) | | | Tasted by Joe boatman on 6/4/2022 & rated 91 points: Very nice Sangiovese With great body and good structure. Fruit is there after it breaths for a while…..like two to three hours in the glass or more in the bottle after decanting. (1716 views) | | | Tasted by thomasvha on 6/3/2022 & rated 90 points: Intense, berries, woody. Needs air - min one hour. (1405 views) | | | Tasted by Jacek P on 1/24/2022 & rated 92 points: getting better. Rich bouquet opens with blackberry, spice, wild cherry. Intensive and powerfull. (2252 views) | | | Tasted by Dominic Roy on 1/6/2022 & rated 89 points: Appearance: Slight browning.
Nose: Raisins. Raspberry.
Palate: Sour cherry. Raspberry. Blueberry. Vanilla. Raisins. High tannins. Medium plus acidity. Medium minus body. Medium minus flavour intensity.
Finish: Medium minus finish. Dried fruits. (2002 views) | | | Tasted by Millennial Drinkers on 12/23/2021 & rated 93 points: Deep mix of garnet and ruby red. Dark nose with cherries, tomato, gravel, perfume, and spices. Full bodied with medium tannins (6.5/10). A bit of spices on the palate with black cherries, and earthiness. Long finish. Drink till 2028. (2044 views) | | | Tasted by sjw_11 on 8/26/2021 & rated 93 points: Ruby red with a hint of brown. First impression is this is a bit more aged than expected but not in any way falling over. With air there are notes of sour cherry, just a touch of herbal or sous bois, Ferragamo leather, and a certain spicy element. Breathing definitely freshens the wine up. On the palate the sour cherry fruit dominates alongside quite crunchy acidity and tannins that remain resolutely firm. With a decant this is approchable now but I suspect it will develop further complexity with another three to five years at least and live of course much longer. (2200 views) | | | Tasted by AllRed on 7/24/2021 & rated 92 points: 4th Saturday Group (R&D's): Double blind. Light color. Aromas of clay, cherry and roasted red currant. There may be a touch of VA here as well. Flavors of cherry and chocolate. Nice, but didn't strike me, or anyone really, as sangiovese. (M&R) (2337 views) | | | Tasted by bucktooth22 on 6/21/2021 & rated 94 points: Tried in 2021. Both fragrance and flavor were amazing. Light color, slow legs, light leather or mushroom, tart cherry fragrance. Dry, light body, strong frontal grip, very acidic. Red Fruity refreshing finish with crazy strong grip on frontal mouth. Could have aged longer. (1931 views) | | | Tasted by fmginc on 5/17/2021 & rated 90 points: Deep rich garnet color with soft w (1812 views) | | | Tasted by fmginc on 4/26/2021 & rated 90 points: great notes and so smooth (1814 views) | | | Tasted by heartbreaker on 3/24/2021 & rated 93 points: Ripe and tasty (1682 views) | | | Tasted by Gece on 2/5/2021: Very closed upon popping, but opened nicely up after an hour in decanter. Still quite young, no rush in drinking these (1786 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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(Banfi Brunello Di Montalcino, Docg red) Subscribe to see review text. | By David Lawrason
WineAlign (11/28/2017)
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WineAlign (9/26/2017)
(Banfi Brunello Di Montalcino, Docg (375ml) red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Walter Speller
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(Banfi Brunello di Montalcino Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (11/30/2016)
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SangioveseSANGIOVESE: (Pronounced "sahn-joh-vhe-se").
Sangiovese - Italy's claim to fame, the pride of Tuscany. Traditionally made, the wines are full of cherry fruit, earth, and cedar. It produces Chianti (Classico), Rosso di Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino, Rosso di Montepulciano, Montefalco Rosso, and many others. Sangiovese is also the backbone in many of the acclaimed, modern-styled "Super-Tuscans", where it is blended with Bordeaux varietals (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc) and typically aged in French oak barrels, resulting a wine primed for the international market in the style of a typical California cabernet: oaky, high-alcohol, and a ripe, jammy, fruit-forward profile.[16]
Semi-classic grape grown in the Tuscany region of Italy. Used to produce the Chianti and other Tuscan red wines. Has many clonal versions, two of which seem to predominate. The Sangiovese Grosso clone Brunello variety is used for the dark red, traditionally powerful and slow-maturing "Brunello di Montalcino" wine. The other is the Sangiovese Piccolo, also known under the historical synonym name Sangioveto, used for standard Chianti Classico DOC wines. Old vine derived wine is often used in the better versions, needing several years ageing to reach peak. A third clone, Morellino, is used in a popular wine blend with the same name found in the southern part of the province. Recent efforts in California with clones of this variety are very promising, producing medium-bodied reds with rich cherry or plumlike flavors and aromas. Among the available clonal versions are R6 and R7, derived from the Montalcino region of Italy, having average productivity/ripening and producing small berries on medium size clusters. R10 and R24 are well-recommended. R23, listed as deriving from the Emilia-Romagna region, has good vigor with medium-small clusters with earlier ripening. R102 derives from the Montepulciano region and reported to have average vigor with moderate productivity that results in higher sugar levels and good acidity from medium-small berries on medium-small clusters. Has synonym name of Nielluccio where grown in Corsica.Italy Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorTuscany Tuscany (ItalianMade.com) | TuscanytMontalcino Montalcino websiteBrunello di Montalcino Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino (Official DOCG website) |
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