Brunello di Montalcino, Castello Banfi, Tuscany, IT, 2017

Castello Banfi is one of Tuscany’s most honored vineyard estates.   Banfi produces healthy, mostly organic wines, and develops cutting edge winemaking techniques and has been lauded for groundbreaking research on the Sangiovese vines used to produce “Super Tuscan” wines. John Mariani, Sr. named the company after his aunt, Teodolinda Banfi, who was a woman of eclectic tastes, supervised his early education and greatly influenced his views toward fine wines.