juggernt 
Tampa, FL, USA
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3484
 | | 07-01-2004 04:13 AM |
| Name: Banfi Brunello di Montalcino
Vintage: 1997
Country: Italy
Region:Tuscany
Purchased at: Wine Seller, Williamsburg, VA
Cost: $53
Color: Purple
Nose: Black fruit, hints of cedar and licorice
Palette: Well integrated fruit and chewyn tannins. Finish so long I'm still tasting it.
Comments: Decanted, but still tight after 2 hours. Third hour no help. Fifth hour, opened into an most excellent wine. Big, muscular, best length in some time.
JuggerRating: 93 pts. | | | Visit The Butcher Block at http://www.butcherblocktampa.com/ |
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Rothko
Palm Beach
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5723
| | 07-01-2004 01:10 PM |
| Wow, sounds like a nice bottle. A little more time recommended before opening it? | | | |
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts: 12532
| | 07-01-2004 01:38 PM |
| Good to know. I'm sitting on a few bottles. | | | Joe-----Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. | |
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PourQue
Wine Labeler
Posts: 3510
| | 07-01-2004 03:20 PM |
| Quote:
Good to know. I'm sitting on a few bottles.
Isn't that uncomfortable? I also imagine it could lead to some "cooked" wine  | | | |
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Landshark
Barrel Racker
Posts: 1894
| | 07-01-2004 03:24 PM |
| I think the 97 brunellos might just be starting to open up, we had a few in Italy that were very good. | | | |
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juggernt
Tampa, FL, USA
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3484
| | 07-01-2004 04:17 PM |
| Yeah, I'd say this could use some more time. Drinking it early was like driving 20 mph in a card that really wants to run. You could tell it was gonna just take off. | | | Visit The Butcher Block at http://www.butcherblocktampa.com/ | |
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Rothko
Palm Beach
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5723
| | 07-01-2004 07:52 PM |
| PourQue, LOL!!!  | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Sorter
Posts: 307
| | 07-01-2004 10:24 PM |
| Quote:
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Good to know. I'm sitting on a few bottles.
Isn't that uncomfortable? I also imagine it could lead to some "cooked" wine
...or give them a funky odor   | | | |
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts: 12532
| | 07-01-2004 11:08 PM |
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Good to know. I'm sitting on a few bottles.
Isn't that uncomfortable? I also imagine it could lead to some "cooked" wine
I agree with Tony. It gives them an nice "essence of brett". | | | Joe-----Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Sorter
Posts: 307
| | 07-02-2004 03:03 AM |
| LOL i was just down in the cellar moving stuff around and came across my italian collection (5 bottles), i have the 97 banfi poggio. after reading this i can't wait to try it in a few years. | | | |
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Eric White
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts: 9560
| | 02-20-2005 10:11 PM |
| Tasted at the February BAWE Tuscan event... In reviewing my notes to type this up I am actually shocked this wine didn’t receive any votes at this tasting, as I found it to be very nice indeed. Medium ruby in color, with a beautiful complex nose offering notes of cherry and vanilla. Fresh acidity and ample ripe tannins on the palate, this wine is quite young and needs time for the tannins to integrate. Finishes medium in length. | | | 2008: the end of an error | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Stomper
Posts: 141
| | 02-24-2005 09:20 PM |
| I had this wine on Boxing Day last year and was totally disappointed. Nice nose, pleasent enough flavour but absolutely no length. Maybe 1 or 2 seconds MAX! then 'poof' it was gone. One of the major disappointments over the christmas period. I must have had an off bottle or else it was totally shut down, as all of your tastings totally differ to mine.  | | | |
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KillerB
Barrel Racker
Posts: 1533
| | 02-25-2005 02:32 PM |
| I have one single bottle of the Banfi 1997 so I'm not going to go doing any testing on it just yet. I think my total holding on Brunelli 1997 is seven so I'm not in the market for playing about with them. | | | |
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Rothko
Palm Beach
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5723
| | 02-25-2005 03:32 PM |
| I too only have one bottle of this. You sure do feel a lot of pressure when you've only got one chance to get it right! | | | |
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Bradley Molzen
VinoCellar.com Admin
Bayonne, NJ
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5080
| | 02-27-2005 01:59 AM |
| Winewill... you are describing a corked wine I think. | | | If you drink wine, you get smarter.... | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Sorter
Posts: 398
| | 03-04-2005 11:30 PM |
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Nice nose, pleasent enough.......
Brad, doesn't sound like a corked wine to me. | | | |
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Bradley Molzen
VinoCellar.com Admin
Bayonne, NJ
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5080
| | 03-06-2005 02:22 AM |
| Well, there are certainly different levels of "corked." From my experience with this wine, length was never an issue, and "pleasant enough" doesn't describe the palate of this wine either in my opinion. But, who knows... that's why I love this hobby. ;-) | | | If you drink wine, you get smarter.... | |
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Winetex
Austin, Texas (pretty fall colors here)
Master of Wine
Posts: 11291
| | 03-18-2007 11:20 AM |
| - 1997 Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino - Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino (3/17/2007)
Close to a 92; It had a slightly horsey and red fruit initial aromas along with some secondary plum and espresso flavors. The wine was well-balanced and ready to drink. I was surprised that this bottle was any good at all as the cork showed signs of leakage. Given the controversy surrounding this wine it was a pleasant surprise as previous tastings were not anything close to this bottle. There is probably some pretty large bottle variation with this wine given its large production. Good wine. [Decanted 15 minutes and continued to improve after opening; ~$45 on release] (91 pts.)
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Lafon Rochet
Grape Destemmer
Posts: 50
| | 03-18-2007 12:03 PM |
| First of all, I can't believe we're at the 10 year mark of this wine. It seems like it was just released yesterday!
I am of the mind to let all of my '97 brunellos leep for another 5-6 years. Don't think there's much harm in my doing so. | | | |
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Winetex
Austin, Texas (pretty fall colors here)
Master of Wine
Posts: 11291
| | 03-18-2007 12:22 PM |
| Don't think there's much harm in my doing so. Certainly not. Of the 97s we own this one is marked to go this year. Now that I noticed the leakage on the first bottle the others will follow pretty soon. A good wine but not a blockbuster as some of the other 97s might be. | | | |
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