Wine Spectator:  Rated as Very good: a wine with special qualities.  "A juicy and fun young red, with berry character and soft, velvety tannins. Drink now." Sep 2010

Winery:   "Color: Intense ruby red. Bouquet: Fragrant, with dark fruit and floral nuances. Taste: Medium-bodied, with black cherry and tart plum flavors and hints of spice."

Wired For Wine:   We here at Wired For Wine give this Castello Banfi Centine Toscano Rosso a 10 on our scale for ultimate chuggability!  It is a youthful, easy-to-drink Tuscan red at a truly great value.  Start your engines, winelovers!!  Divvy up your first bottle with a platter of balsamic soy-glazed wings.  The cherry and tart plum notes will be perfect for the sweet and sour of this dish.  The straightforward nature, juicy fruit, floral nuances, and silky tannins of this Banfi Centine make it an ideal companion for simple dishes of braised chicken, pastas with tomato and meat sauces, beef, game and more.  Classically good together, we recommend grilled T-bones with delicious asparagus which is in season now.  The tannins in this Rosso will come alive.  We love this Tuscan treasure with fettucine and a bolognaise sauce which has simmered for a few hours.  Grazie dèi cibo!  If quick is on the menu, you cannot go wrong with a mushroom, sausage and onion pizza.  At this price, we hope you've stocked up.  Open another bottle or two and drain your glasses while you savor an Italian Piave cheese.  It's intense and full-bodied, and made for this tasty Toscana.  Che tempo farà ad essere, winelovers??

Size:  750ml, cork
Varietal:  60% Sangiovese, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot.
Alcohol: 12.5%
Ageing:  Once the alcoholic and malolactic fermentations are completed, the wine is aged for a short period in small oak barrels and bottled in the Spring following the harvest. An appropriate bottle aging follows.
Region:  Tuscany, Italy