In the glass
Aroma: red cherry, violet, leather, tobacco
Palate: red plum, iron, wild herbs, sweet spice
Banfi's blended-estate Brunello, the accessible entry into one of Italy's largest Brunello holdings.
What it pairs with
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Florentine peposo
Pepper-stew matches the wine's spice register. -
Pici al ragu
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Pici and Sangiovese is the village pairing. -
Aged Pecorino Toscano
Hard sheep cheese with red-cherry acid.
History
Banfi's first Brunello bottling came with the Mariani family's 1978 purchase of Poggio alle Mura. Today the property holds 850 hectares, one of Italy's largest single-estate vineyards.
- 1978 — Mariani family acquires Banfi
- 1982 — First Brunello vintage release
Facts
- Producer
- Castello Banfi
- Grapes
- Sangiovese Grosso (100%)
- Classification
- Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
- Oak
- 24 months in French oak barriques and Slavonian casks
- ABV
- 14.0%
- Price
- EUR 45 to 70 at retail
- Drinking window
- 5 to 20 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1982
Scores
- Wine Advocate 93 (2017 vintage, reviewed 2022)