Banfi, Sant'Antimo, Excelsus
Castello Banfi · Tuscany › Sant'Antimo › Italy
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
92
/100
Reviews
9
professional
Vintages
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95
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Taster #1707
· Feb 2, 2024
Delicious. A little sediment.
2004 vintage
Taster #0245
· Jan 30, 2023
91/100
Medium color, nice truffles nose. Medium body, but nice berry notes plus vanilla. Medium finish.
2004 vintage
Taster #8579
· Jan 28, 2022
94/100
Exquisite! No problem guessing this as a BdX blend (60% CS, 40% M). Licorice and red fruit dominate the nose but there's also a hint of leather/funk. Medium body with plenty of acidity and delicious cherry, berry, and plum fruit flavors.
2004 vintage
Taster #6577
· Apr 9, 2019
88/100
Wafting flavors of cocoa hit the palate. A slight bitter finish detracts from the overall experience
2004 vintage
Taster #9951
· Dec 24, 2015
92/100
Lots of time left. Still wound up a bit. Needs to be decanted. Truffle notes and somewhat loamy with liquorice and black currants. Score [50 + 5 + 12 + 16 + 9 ] = 92.
2004 vintage
Taster #9986
· Feb 1, 2015
92/100
consistent with notes of 9/25/2012, except this was ready to go right after opening.
2004 vintage
Taster #8651
· Aug 7, 2014
93/100
Beautifully soft Merlot and Cabernet red fruits brought together with time. Big acid backbone and Italian terroir flavors. Was excellent with pasta and tomato sauce.
2004 vintage
Taster #2843
· Jun 12, 2013
95/100
This was a benchmark wine for me. One of those wines you have the fortune to taste 3-4 times a year (at least on my wine budget). The highlight of this Cab 60%/Merlot 40% blend was the nose. One of my scoring techniques is how many inches above the glass you can still get a good whiff and this was a good 2-3 inch wine. This is one of those sleeper wines without any scores and reviews but we had …
2004 vintage
Taster #9986
· Sep 25, 2012
92/100
Good mix of ripe red fruit and earthy tones on the nose. Full bodied, with plum, currant, and tar. Comes across as a serious, old world wine - despite Banfi's reputation as a new world style wine maker. Still a little tight after several hours, perhaps a year or two will open it up.
2004 vintage
Taster #9194
· Jun 30, 2010
92/100
Nose: Ripe lavish fragrance of black berries, some damp foliage and earthy aromas plus some manganese indicative of Merlot presense and lead pencil speaking on behalf of Cabernet Sav. Taste: full-bodied, blackberry and tobacco, palpable yet pleasant tanins. Long finish. May be a bit too early to taste.
2004 vintage