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Banfi Brunello di Montalcino 2020 750ml

Name: Banfi Brunello di Montalcino 2020 750ml
Brand: Empire Merchants
SKU: 080516044248
Price: 74.99 USD
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Castello Banfi is a Montalcino estate whose wines are brought to the US by Banfi Wines USA of Melville, New York. This is its flagship estate Brunello, separate from the single-vineyard Vigna Marrucheto and Poggio alle Mura bottlings.

Brunello di Montalcino DOCG is made from Sangiovese, here grown on hillsides with Pliocene clay-sand soils and gray-blue clays. Fermentation ran at 25 to 30°C in Banfi's hybrid French oak and steel Horizon tanks, and the wine aged at least two years in oak: 80% in large French casks and 20% in 350-liter barriques. It's 14.5% alcohol.

Banfi describes ruby with garnet glints, currant, blackberry, licorice and pipe tobacco, soft polished tannins and lively acidity. Wine Advocate calls it open-knit and accessible.

Against Banfi Rosso di Montalcino 2024, the Brunello is the estate's long-aged flagship; for a bottle to lay down, choose the Brunello.

Serve it at 16 to 18°C with red meat, game or aged cheese. Wine Spectator suggests drinking it from 2029 to 2045.

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Product Detail

Varietal: Red

Grape Variety: Sangiovese

Wine Body: Full-Bodied

Appellation: Brunello di Montalcino

Brand: Banfi

Size: 750 mL

Vintage: 2,020

Country: Italy

Region: Tuscany

Sub Region: Montalcino

Alcohol Percentage: 14.5

Awards

93.0 James Suckling
"Youthful profile here with almost vinous character. Abundant violets and roses on the nose, together with cherries and pomegranates. Fruity again on the medium- to full-bodied palate with firm, velvety tannins, a lot of freshness and good length. Plenty of substance and alcohol. It will need time to integrate. Best after 2026."

93.0 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
"The Castello Banfi 2020 Brunello di Montalcino opens to a velvety character that includes the softness and generosity of a warm and dry vintage. The bouquet is redolent of cherry, blackcurrant, grilled herb and sweet rose. This Brunello is open-knit and accessible. It has sweet tannins on the close."

92.0 Jeb Dunnuck
"The 2020 Brunello Di Montalcino is a bright red/ruby color and is pretty on the nose with aromas of baked strawberries, sweet spices, dusty earth, and hints of lavender. Medium-bodied and weightless on the palate, with fine, dusty tannins, an elegantly fruity feel, it's a charming, approachable Brunello that retains good freshness and finesse."

92.0 Wine Spectator
"Aromas and flavors of graphite, cherry, blackberry, pomegranate and wet earth highlight this energetic, powerful red. Vibrant and focused, with a long aftertaste embedded in its muscular tannins. Best from 2029 through 2045."