Castello Banfi - Poggio Alle Mura Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2019 (750ml)
Price: $161.99
| Producer | Castello Banfi |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Subregion | Brunello di Montalcino |
| Varietal | Sangiovese |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Sku | 8454 |
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This Brunello di Montalcino Poggio alle Mura Riserva has an elegant and powerful structure, with soft and silky tannins. The color is ruby red, tending towards garnet, intense and deep. Complex, mature, and elegant, it offers notes of black cherry, ripe cherry, and spices. The body is full, juicy, well-balanced, and with a marked acidity. The finish is very elegant and harmonious. The imposing structure makes it suitable for a long aging. It is perfect as a meditation wine. Excellent companion of succulent and savory dishes such as aged cheeses or cold cuts.
Castello Banfi Description
The 2019 season was marked by extraordinary cold in April and May, which delayed vegetative development. However, this was later recovered thanks to a warm and dry period. The sudden increase in temperatures then encouraged the production of loose and light grape clusters. The sunny months of August and September, without scorching temperatures, allowed for optimal grape ripening. The 2019 harvest is characterized by high-quality grapes with an intense regional personality, giving us wines of great structure and savoriness.
James Suckling: 94 Points
Gorgeous aromas of pure fruit with black cherries, raspberries and orange peel. This has medium body and very fine and integrated tannins that give a sense of freshness. It’s almost like the tannins are not there. Clean at the end with a silky texture.
Wine Spectator: 94 Points
Fresh cherry, raspberry and floral flavors are offset by notes of earth and Mediterranean herbs in this sleek red. A dense matrix of tannins lurks underneath, yet in the end, this feels vibrant and tense. Excellent length.
Wine Advocate: 94 Points
The Castello Banfi 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Poggio alle Mura is a bold expression, with rich concentration and dark fruit flavors. Everything is bigger in this vintage, including the alcohol content, which measures a high 15.5%. You feel the wine's textural heft and its thick weaving of back fruits and savory spice.
Wine Enthusiast: 93 Points
The nose opens with pepper and herbs, then pivots to hot tar and smoke, then finishes with cherries, blackberries and vanilla. Warm citrus joins the cherries and blackberries on the palate, and chocolate joins the vanilla. An overall bright, crisp feel.
Vinous: 93 Points
The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Poggio alle Mura opens with an attractive blend of spiced blood orange, lavender and crushed blackberry. It sweeps across the palate with silken textures and a mix of ripe wild berry fruits and hints of sour citrus, showing the radiance of the year and the mineral power of Poggio alle Mura. It tapers off long and potent, with a wall of grippy tannins and the resonance of salted licorice that lingers on.
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