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A dry Tuscan Pinot Grigio from Banfi's own vineyards south of Montalcino. Riper and rounder than the Veneto norm: peach, apple and lemon with a salty edge, 12.5%, steel only. Around £20 in the UK, and the 2024 and 2025 are both on sale.
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Banfi's own 2024 sheet lists apple, peach and citrus on a floral nose, then a fresh, savoury palate. Three months on the yeast in cold steel add softness without oak. Drinkers on Vivino agree: pear, apple and peach are mentioned most, then lemon and grapefruit, then a stony note.
Banfi's own sheet for the 2024 lists apple, peach and citrus on an intense, floral nose. Drinkers on Vivino say the same: pear, apple and peach come up most, then lemon and grapefruit. The Montalcino sun shows in the peach, which a cool Veneto Pinot Grigio rarely has. Natalie MacLean found Meyer lemon, white nectarine and almond blossom in the 2024.
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HoneyDry, light to medium in body, at 12.5%. The acidity is fresh rather than sharp, because the grapes ripen fully on Banfi's deep pebble, silt and sand soils south of Montalcino. Three months on the yeast in cold steel tanks give a soft, gently creamy texture with no oak flavour at all. A salty, savoury edge runs through the fruit, the note Banfi's Italian sheet calls sapido.
Clean and quite long for the price, ending on lemon and a stony note that 212 Vivino reviews mention. No bitterness and no sweetness.
Drink it within two or three years of the vintage, cold, with fish or white meat. It is Banfi's estate white for everyday drinking, a step up from the £8 Veneto norm. Drinkers rate it steadily: 3.8 on Vivino from more than 9,000 ratings, and 3.9 for both the 2024 and the 2025.
UK shops list San Angelo from about £18 to £25 a bottle. Both the 2024 and the new 2025 are on sale, and both are made to drink within two or three years, so pick the fresher one at the better price. Prices differ by shop and by vintage, so check both before you order.
A beginner-friendly Pinot Grigio at 12.5% that is dry, soft and clean, with more ripe peach than a Veneto one. It scores highest for food and for newcomers, low for the cellar, and middling on value at about £20 a bottle.
Pinot Grigio is the most familiar Italian white in the UK, and San Angelo is dry, soft and clean at 12.5%, with nothing to trip up a new drinker.
Dry, fresh and only 12.5%, with a salty edge that suits fish, shellfish and white meat, though its light body rules out red meat and heavy sauces.
Light, easy and food-friendly, but at around £20 it is a weekend bottle rather than a Tuesday one.
At about £18 to £25 in UK shops it costs double a supermarket Pinot Grigio; you pay for estate fruit from Montalcino and steady 90-point reviews, not for oak or age.
A Toscana IGT Pinot Grigio, not a prestige label, though the Montalcino estate name gives it more to say at the table than the Veneto norm.
Made in steel, bottled within months and meant for the next two or three years; Banfi and Natalie MacLean both say drink it young.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Toscana denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
Banfi started picking Pinot Grigio on 21 August in 2024 and on 19 August in 2025, early dates that keep the acidity fresh in a hot year. The 2024 had a July and August so hot the vines paused; the 2025 was dry and hot until late-August rain arrived. Both are 12.5% and both are for drinking young.
A rainy early spring stocked the soil with water, then June and July were dry and far hotter than average. Rain from late August, broken by sunny days, stopped the grapes over-ripening, and Banfi began picking Pinot Grigio on 19 August. Fresh and peachy; drink it young.
A mild winter and a very warm April brought early budding. May and June were cool and wet, and July and August were so hot the vines paused ripening. Early-September rain did no harm and picking began on 21 August. Natalie MacLean scored it 90 and gave it a 2025 to 2027 window.
A rainy early spring stocked the soil with water, then June and July were dry and far hotter than average. Rain from late August, broken by sunny days, stopped the grapes over-ripening, and Banfi began picking Pinot Grigio on 19 August. Fresh and peachy; drink it young.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
James Suckling gave the 2021 91 points and the 2020 90. Natalie MacLean scored the 2024 90 and found Meyer lemon, white nectarine and almond blossom. On Vivino it averages 3.8 from more than 9,000 ratings, with the 2024 and 2025 both at 3.9.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Toscana is in the IGT tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Toscana falls within Tuscany, covering Arezzo · Firenze · Grosseto · Livorno · Lucca · Massa Carrara · Pisa · Pistoia · Prato · Siena.
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Made at Castello Banfi, Montalcino. Directions
San Angelo comes from Banfi's own vineyards south of Montalcino, on deep soils of pebbles, silt and sand. Estate fruit from Brunello country costs more to grow than the bulk Pinot Grigio of the Veneto plains that fills the £8 supermarket shelf.
Banfi ferments at 13 to 15°C and then leaves the wine on its yeast for about three months before bottling. That is tank time and cellar time before a single bottle is sold, though it is far cheaper than oak.
At 12.5% alcohol, UK duty is £2.87 a bottle. VAT adds 20% of the shelf price, about £3.66 on Cellier's £21.99. Roughly £6.50 of that bottle is tax before the wine, the shipping or the shop's margin.
Some of the shops listing San Angelo ship from Italy and price for delivery to the UK. A single bottle carries its own courier cost and border VAT, so those prices sit above a UK shelf price for the same vintage.
San Angelo is bottled within months of the harvest and never sees a barrel. Banfi's Brunello spends years in wood and cellar and costs more than double on the same Italian shop; San Angelo carries none of that, which is why it stays near £20.
Dishes that go with this wine
Banfi's own advice is light fish or white meat, and the wine's salty, lemony edge is why. It meets oysters and crab on their own terms, cuts through batter and creamy sauces, and echoes a lemon sauce on chicken. Hot curries are the one thing to avoid.
San Angelo has a salty, savoury streak of its own, so it meets the brine of an oyster instead of fighting it. Its lemon and grapefruit notes do the job a wedge of lemon would. At 12.5% it is light enough not to bury delicate crab.
Try with: Oysters · Crab · Potted Shrimp · Scottish Smoked Salmon · More pairings →
Batter and frying oil coat the mouth. The fresh acidity in San Angelo washes that fat away between bites, and its clean apple and lemon fruit leaves the fish tasting of fish. The soft texture from three months on the yeast keeps it from tasting thin next to the crunch.
Try with: Prawn Tempura · Tempura · Fish and Chips · More pairings →
A light dish wants a light wine, and San Angelo is light to medium in body with no oak. Its salty edge picks up the sea in mussels and clams, and the acidity keeps a tomato-touched fregula bright. A bigger, oaked white would flatten these plates.
Try with: Fregula ai frutti di mare · Impepata di cozze · Risi e bisi · Squid ink risotto · More pairings →
The lemon and grapefruit notes in San Angelo echo a lemon sauce, so wine and dish share a flavour instead of clashing. Steamed sea bass is delicate, and the wine's ripe peach gives it a little warmth without weight. Banfi's own advice is light fish or white meat.
Try with: Lemon chicken · Steamed sea bass · Roast chicken · More pairings →
Vitello tonnato's tuna mayonnaise and whipped baccalà are rich and creamy. The fresh acidity in San Angelo cuts through them and resets the palate. With a Caprese, the wine's acidity matches the tomato and its softness suits the mozzarella.
Try with: Vitello Tonnato · Baccala Mantecato · Insalata Caprese · More pairings →
San Angelo is bone dry at 12.5%, with no sugar to cushion chilli. Heat strips out its apple and peach and leaves only acid, which makes the curry taste hotter. For a madras, a touch of sweetness helps far more: try Moscato d'Asti, a sweet, gently fizzy white at about 5%.
Skip with: Chicken madras · Jungle Curry · Szechuan chicken · Pairing guide →
San Angelo sees only steel and is bottled a few months after harvest, so it has nothing to gain from age. Natalie MacLean gave the 2024 a 2025 to 2027 window. Buy what you will drink this year and next, and store it cool and dark.
Peak around 2026. Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
Made in steel, bottled within months and meant for the next two or three years; Banfi and Natalie MacLean both say drink it young.
£20.90 is the lowest tracked offer for the current vintage and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighNotes published by the producer, quoted with attribution.
Confidence · HighFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumYes. Banfi grows San Angelo on its own estate south of Montalcino, in Tuscany, and sells it as Toscana IGT. Most Pinot Grigio on UK shelves comes from the cooler, flatter Veneto. The Tuscan sun ripens the grapes further, so San Angelo tastes rounder, with peach as well as lemon, and it is still dry at 12.5%.
Apple, peach and lemon, with a fresh, salty finish. Banfi ferments it cold in steel and leaves it on its yeast for about three months, which adds a soft, creamy feel without any oak. On Vivino, drinkers most often mention pear, apple and peach, then citrus, then a stony note.
Buy whichever is fresher and cheaper: both are on sale in the UK and both are made to drink young. The 2025 comes from a hot, dry summer rescued by late-August rain, and Banfi started picking on 19 August. The 2024 had an even hotter July and August; picking began on 21 August, and the critic Natalie MacLean scored it 90 points.
Fish and shellfish first: oysters, crab, fish and chips, prawn tempura, and light seafood pasta such as fregula ai frutti di mare. Its lemon notes also suit chicken cooked with lemon or herbs. Banfi itself suggests light fish or white meat dishes. Keep it away from hot curries, which flatten a dry 12.5% white.
Drink it within two or three years of the vintage. It sees no oak and is bottled a few months after harvest, so its charm is freshness, not age. Serve it cold, at 10 to 12°C as Banfi suggests, and finish an open bottle within two days.
Because it is grown on Banfi's own estate in Montalcino rather than bought in bulk from the Veneto. UK shops list it at about £18 to £25 a bottle, against £8 to £12 for most supermarket Pinot Grigio. Around £6.50 of a £22 bottle is UK duty and VAT. Banfi is a large estate, so it still costs far less than its Brunello.
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