2016 Castello Banfi Rosso di Montalcino Poggio alle Mura

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90 points

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  3/20/2023 - owr Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Young wine, only 6 years old, cork is in decent shape, there was a little crack and bend to the middle; nothing too odd like wine creeping up. No problems to report.
  
  👃 Raspberry and black cherry aromas ... I'm happy with that.
  
  👅 Palate shows more licorice and cedar than it does the fruits described on the nose, nice tannin structure; within half-an-hour this wine has already begun to change it's character as the fruit starts to drop out.
  
  🕧 2 hrs later ...
  Smooth, across the tongue, those tannins have almost disappeared replaced by licorice and a good level of acidity - though it is getting leaner: there is little else holding my interest.
  
  🕒 3 hrs later ...
  There's very little fruit present, that lean quality has taken over. Cedar is now dominating.
  
  ⏩ 16 hours later ...
  Dusty ... Not dead, just really dusty.
  
  ➡️ Bottom Line ...
  Not a wine to hold anymore. It's ready and ready within the first hour. Enjoy with food and you might get a little longer out of it.

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  5/21/2021 - owr Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Rich exciting wine with good acidity, plus coffee, cassis, vanilla, cedar and anise along with balsamic, blueberry, and smoke layers, all with a long finish. There is a spicy / acidity interplay here at about the hour and a half mark- but this wine proves to be silky smooth, but also maintains a spice edge with good acidity - there's also some mocha, blackberry, black cherry and cassis on the lingering finish.

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  4/25/2020 - Dominic Roy Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Nose: Cherries. Medium intensity.
  
  Palate: Red fruits. Juicy. Silky tannins. Punching acidity.
  Dry. Medium body.
  
  Finish: Long finish.

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  4/6/2018 - Lyubomir Lefterov wrote: 90 Points

  A visit to Castello Banfi: Fruity, fresh, vibrant with juicy texture, very silky and charming rosso, well above average.

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