2001 Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino
SKU #1029583
93 points
Wine Spectator
Loads of blackberry, currant and toasted oak. Full-bodied, chewy and rich. Long finish. This is big and rich.
(4/2006)
91 points
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar
Deep red-ruby. Plum, cherry, cola, sassafras and menthol on the nose. Supple, spicy, dense and classically dry, with insidious concentration; this is stuffed with material. Very suave Brunello, finishing with fine, sweet tannins and very good length.
(8/2006)
91 points
Wine Enthusiast
Beautiful layers of cherry-berry, anise, menthol, cedar, minerality and damp clay form an intense and elegant whole. Medium structure with earth, tea-like flavors and a mélange of berries preface a smoky, spicy finish.
(4/2006)
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
A dark ruby, the estate’s 2001 Brunello di Montalcino offers notes of super-ripe dark fruit, flowers, spices, chocolate, sweet oak and underbrush with a round, supple personality, excellent concentration as well as length, and fine tannins. (AG)
(12/2006)