Castello Banfi - Brunello di Montalcino 1999 (750ml) Salice Salentino

Castello Banfi - Brunello di Montalcino 1999 (750ml) Salice SalentinoCritical Acclaim 94 points Wine Spectator This wine shows an incredible concentration of fruit, with loads of berries and spices on the nose. Full bodied, with soft and silky tannins and lots of smoky character. Goes for a long time on the finish.

The structure is persistent with grippy tannins and acidity that perseveres through the darkness of the fruit

Indigenous yeast

are the 10th generation of Fouassier to have worked the estate's vines since 1742

on a North facing slope of the valley floor

Very elegant and intense on nose with spicy notes

This has a solid core of gently steeped plum and blackberry fruit inlaid liberally with warm ganache and roasted vanilla notes

D92 Decanter

allowing the tannins to polymerize

The 2020 La Bridane has a well-defined bouquet of crisp blackberry and wild strawberry fruit

100 vines per hectare

with notes of lemon zest on the finish

Deceptively powerful for a cool and late vintage