Producers have grown from 41 in the late ‘60s with 175 acres of vineyards up to 209 today with 5,189 acres of vineyards.

RESEARCH INNOVATION SUSTAINABILITYPIONEERING

Constellation of Single Vineyards

• 2,830 hc • 850 hc of vineyards, ofwhich 400 ha are planted with Sangiovese grape.• 200 ha are dedicated to the production of Brunello di Montalcino DOCG & Rosso di Montalcino DOC • 29 different terroirs • Various altitudes (from 150 to 350 mt m.s.l.) and exposures

Sangiovese sites dedicated to Brunello

Other varietals, including Sangiovese, Cabernet, Merlot, Pinot Grigio, etc

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HORIZON WINERY

Wood Aging

The use of wood to enhance the characteristics of sangiovese and the other noble grapes

Sweetness

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Spices

Astringency

Tipicity

Wood

AllierTroncaisFontainebleauCher DIFFERENT EFFECTS ON THE BASIS OF:

• Geographic origin (Allier, Troncais…)

• Grain (course/fine…)

• Seasoning (24/36…months)

• Toasting (temperature and length)

• A collaboration of global agronomists, oenologists and the Universities of Milan and Pisa

• From the initial number of 650 presumed clones

identified, 180 were planted and microvinified.

• 15 were selected and registered with the European

Government

• Banfi was the first single producer to register

clonal work with the European Government

• Since the early ’90s, all the Sangiovese vineyards

have been planted with a blend of 3 different

clones

Sangiovese – Clonal Selection

Banfi endows the First University Wine Professorship

Chair at Cornell UniversityOver 41,000 students have take Cornell’s Wine Class since 1972

GRAN VINITALY: 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2017 – Best International Winery