Comments on: Banfi 2004 Brunello, I cannot tell a lie (and other notes and posts on 04 Brunello) http://dobianchi.com/2009/09/21/banfi-2004-brunello-i-cannot-tell-a-lie-and-other-notes-and-posts-on-04-brunello/ Negotiating the Epistemologic Implications of Oenophilia Tue, 29 May 2012 19:54:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Charles Scicolone http://dobianchi.com/2009/09/21/banfi-2004-brunello-i-cannot-tell-a-lie-and-other-notes-and-posts-on-04-brunello/#comment-4193 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:12:29 +0000 http://dobianchi.com/?p=5140#comment-4193 The 2004 Brunello from Banfi is the best Brunello that they have ever made. I first tasted the wine in January of 2009 in NYC. The wine surprised me so much that I went back and tasted it 3 more times from different bottles. I only had positive comments to make about it. It seemed to me that it was 100% sangiovese and that it had all the best qualities of a good Brunello

]]> By: tracie b http://dobianchi.com/2009/09/21/banfi-2004-brunello-i-cannot-tell-a-lie-and-other-notes-and-posts-on-04-brunello/#comment-4182 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:34:15 +0000 http://dobianchi.com/?p=5140#comment-4182 congrats 2B!! you deserve top billing, for sure…and thanks for keeping us up-to-date on all things italian wine. your blog is truly unique and is a joy to read (and proofread :) every day!

love you :)

]]> By: Simona http://dobianchi.com/2009/09/21/banfi-2004-brunello-i-cannot-tell-a-lie-and-other-notes-and-posts-on-04-brunello/#comment-4179 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:48:59 +0000 http://dobianchi.com/?p=5140#comment-4179 Congratulazioni!

]]> By: Do Bianchi http://dobianchi.com/2009/09/21/banfi-2004-brunello-i-cannot-tell-a-lie-and-other-notes-and-posts-on-04-brunello/#comment-4177 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:38:18 +0000 http://dobianchi.com/?p=5140#comment-4177 @Tom thanks for the kind words.

@Franco thanks for sharing these notes. I definitely got that same green note, but more in the finish. The wine had been open all day in Tracie B’s wine bag and I believe some of the aggressiveness had begun to mellow (after a day of being presented at multiple accounts, I would guess, in and out of her car, in the Texas heat). The wine was fine with a simple home meal but $65 a bottle? That’s obscene for a wine like this. As a mutual friend of ours (and Sangiovese veteran) noted to me privately, it’s the first Banfi Brunello that tastes like Sangiovese. I hadn’t tasted a Banfi wine in years but I had to admit that it didn’t offend me…

]]> By: Franco Ziliani http://dobianchi.com/2009/09/21/banfi-2004-brunello-i-cannot-tell-a-lie-and-other-notes-and-posts-on-04-brunello/#comment-4176 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:41:09 +0000 http://dobianchi.com/?p=5140#comment-4176 Jeremy, herewith my tasting notes about Brunello 2004 I wrote in blind tasting of 93 Brunello di Montalcino 2004 in London (September 10-11): unclean aggressive, extractive, green notes on the nose the palate is rich, with a good length and richness solid tannic structure, but the final is not perfectly balanced with some dry, astringent, bitter notes maybe still very young” Score: 14/20

]]> By: tom hyland http://dobianchi.com/2009/09/21/banfi-2004-brunello-i-cannot-tell-a-lie-and-other-notes-and-posts-on-04-brunello/#comment-4174 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:01:42 +0000 http://dobianchi.com/?p=5140#comment-4174 Do:

Congratulations on landing in the top 10 for blogs!

Your hard work has paid off!

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