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| Chateau/Producer: | Banfi | | Wine Name: | Col Di Sasso | | Wine Score: | 84 | | Notes: | This is a wine I've seen sitting on a few shelves in magnums+. It was cheap even for the quantity and the Banfi name made me wonder whether it was good. I've had very good experience with other Banfi wines. When I found a single bottle at $8, I decided to try it, again... not quite sure what I expected. This is a blend of Sangiovese & Cabernet, "from the most rocky and impervious slopes of the Banfi estate in Montalcino...". I wasn't sure whether I wanted to drink this wine, or take it with me on a Nissan SUV commercial. How exactly do you cultivate grapes on an "impervious" slope? Anyway... This is one of those wines that if you follow almost any other type, people respond, "This is different." Which is usually accompanies thereafter by, "Can I have some more of that *other* wine?" The bouquet was a melange of black currant, cracked black pepper and spiced beets; three great tastes that I'm not sure go great together but I wasn't trying this with peanut butter cups so what do I know? The wine is nicely balanced, overly fruity and clearly showing its youth. I don't have enough experience to discern if age will be good to this or its simply cheap wine made from the leftovers of better wine and dumped on the market. I have a feeling that paired with the right food, this wine would outshine higher-ranked wines, but isn't a wine to enjoy on its own. | | Tasting Date: | 2003-04-09 | | Varietal: | Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon | | Price US$: | 8.00 |
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