2012 Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino DOCG Toscana Italy 92 14.5%, 750 ml, $95 Full, very chewy and dry with notes of cranberry, cherry, raisin, red licorice, moss, sage and cedar.
Date posted: January 10, 2018
View ReviewPlummy aromas mix in the glass with whiffs of pressed blue flower, vanilla and mocha. The taut structured palate offers dried black cherry, coconut, licorice, espresso and black pepper while firm fine-grained tannins provide the framework. A note of pipe tobacco closes the tight finish. Give it a few more years to unwind and fully […]
Date posted: August 15, 2017
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A dense, burly style, displaying cherry, iron, leather, earth, tobacco and spice flavors. Unyielding and compact now, yet also complex and long. Best from 2022 through 2035. 250 cases imported.
Date posted: August 15, 2017
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Bright and generous, the 2012 Brunello di Montalcino Poggio alle Mura opens to a darkly concentrated appearance and bold aromatic intensity. The wine is forthcoming and immediate in appeal. The bouquet is redolent of blackberry, cherry confit, exotic spice, cola and dark chewing tobacco. The mouthfeel shows a higher degree of tannic astringency, however that […]
Date posted: March 3, 2017
View ReviewVery ripe and dense with lots of dried-fruit, spice and cedar character. Some cigar box, too. Full-bodied, velvety and rich. Powerful. Give it two to three years of bottle age.
Date posted: December 6, 2016
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