Banfi Belnero

Banfi Belnero 2022

£23.95

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Key info
CountryItaly
RegionTuscany
GrapeCabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
TypeRed
Vintage2022
Alcohol14.5% ABV
BodyFull
SweetnessDry
OakedRichSmoothStructured
Pairs with — beef & red meat, game, hard cheese, lamb

The wine

Deep, elegant red with real intensity. Sweet notes of plum and blackberry jam on the nose are accompanied by hints of vanilla, coffee and tobacco. Powerful yet soft in structure, characterised by sweet and elegant tannins, with a long and persistent finish.

Belnero is Sangiovese-led but takes in Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot, and is aged in a combination of French oak barrique and larger casks. The name means beautiful black. It sits between the Centine range and the serious Supertuscans, offering a good deal of the structure of the latter at a considerably gentler price.

The producer

Banfi

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Brothers John and Harry Mariani bought land at Montalcino in 1978 and, working with the winemaker Ezio Rivella, built one of the most ambitious estates in Tuscany. Banfi now farms around 850 hectares of vineyard on the southern side of the hill, making it by some distance the largest single holding in the appellation.

What sets it apart is the research. From 1980 the estate ran a programme of zonation studies, mapping soils and exposures plot by plot and trialling hundreds of Sangiovese clones to establish which slopes suited the grape best. That work underpins the single-vineyard Brunellos: Poggio alle Mura from the land around the medieval castle, Vigna Marrucheto, and Poggio all'Oro, released only in the greatest years. Banfi also made the first Supertuscan in Montalcino, Summus, in 1985.

Sustainability is taken seriously rather than decoratively. The estate holds Equalitas certification at both organisational and product level, and the Poggio all'Oro 2016 was the first Brunello ever to earn it. Banfi entered the Top 100 of the World's Best Vineyards in 2025.

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