Banfi, Brunello Montalcino Poggio Mura Brut Zero powerful and intensely stony flavors

powerful and intensely stony flavors that culminate in an explosive finish with the same vaguely saline quality as the Bienvenues

fine-grained tannins

but they do possess good detail on the overtly austere compact and serious finale where the balance isn’t quite completely dialed in

beautifully ripe and intense fruit aromas intertwined with herbal and quartzite terroir notes that represent the less well known iron content of the red loam soils in the deeper layers of the Schloss Johannisberger grand cru

Banfi, Brunello Montalcino Poggio Mura Brut Zero powerful and intensely stony flavorsAromas of ripe plums and berries and hints of tar. Full body, with velvety tannins and a lovely texture. Fruit and coffee character on the palate. Structured. Classy and powerful. Needs two or three years to soften. Better than 2006.