2016 Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino

Community Tasting Notes (44) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  4/17/2024 - THREECHEERSFORTHERED Likes this wine: 92 Points

  PnP. The 2016 is drinking nicely now. Well integrated. Delicious.
  I agree with MAJEKU's review.

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  1/31/2024 - MaJeKu Likes this wine: 91 Points

  (Im Restaurant getrunken, daher Kurznotiz)
  
  In der Nase eher dunkle Kirsche und Kräuter, dazu sehr schön eingebundenes, dezentes Holz. Insgesamt sehr zurückhaltend, der Wein braucht im Moment reichlich Luft und hätte hier eine Karaffe gut vertragen.
  
  Am Gaumen mit mächtigem Säurezug, auch noch sehr kompakt. Sehr guter Tanningriff, dazu stetig in Veränderung mit Luft und sehr positiver Entwicklung.
  
  Recht lang und nachhaltig. Das hat noch reichlich Potenzial.
  
  91+

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  12/31/2023 - Mattshank wrote:

  1 1/2 hour decant (mag decanter). Nose: Lots of wood/oak aromas with some earth. Quite rustic. Palate: Very oaky and not much fruit. From my past experience with this BdM from other vintages I don’t feel this bottle, while drinkable, was fully representative. Hence no score given.

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  12/8/2023 - johnhz Likes this wine:

  Solid if unexciting

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  11/25/2023 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Banfi's 2016 Brunello serves up an attractive olfactory and gustatory profile of black raspberries, Bing cherries, baking spices, tobacco, lavender and dried earth. Medium-to-deep garnet in color, medium-bodied, beautifully fresh and with nicely integrated alcohol (14%), it frames its flavors with plentiful fine-grained tannins and a judicious aliquot of oak. Layered in the middle, it concludes with a lengthy, energetic finish. Ordered from a restaurant's list, this wine showed best after the first hour of air. Drink now-2031.

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