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2015 Tenuta Caparzo Brunello di Montalcino La Casa

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August 28, 2022 - $56

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RATINGS

97James Suckling

Beautiful combination here of balanced orange and lemon rind and riper glazed cherries, terracotta and scorched earth. Mushroom too...elegant with a persistent core of mineral acidity and finely wrapped-up tannins.

95The Wine Advocate

...very fine and precise bouquet that is carefully assembled with crisp berry notes, smoke, tar, licorice and toasted almond... There is a pretty note of crushed stone or granite on the close.

94Wine Spectator

Spicy cherry, raspberry and plum flavors are shaded by tobacco and earth notes in this savory red. Elegant and solidly built, with refined tannins upholding the lingering finish. Shows good sweetness courtesy of the ripe fruit.

94+ Vinous / IWC

Brooding aromas of cassis, menthol, chocolate and minerals. Dense and juicy...with a floral nuance and nicely integrated acidity lending precision to the red fruit and violet flavors...long mouthcoating finish.

17Jancis Robinson

Hints of gingerbread hovering over a brooding fruit nose. Quite pure tangy cherry fruit on the palate paired with long, chewy tannins.

REGION

Italy, Tuscany, Brunello di Montalcino

Brunello di Montalcino is regarded as one of Italy’s best appellations. Located in south central Tuscany below Chianti, the wines of Brunello di Montalcino DOCG are made of a Sangiovese clone called “brunello,” which means “little dark one,” a reference to the brown tones in the skin of the grape. Unlike some Tuscan appellations that allow other grapes to be blended with Sangiovese, Brunello di Montalcino is entirely Sangiovese. Montalcino itself is a picturesque, hill-top town not especially well known for wine production until the mid-19th century, when a local vineyard owner isolated the brunello clone and planted it. Other growers followed suit. Nevertheless it wasn’t until 1970s that wine enthusiasts started paying attention to Brunello di Montalcino, which by then was becoming an outstanding wine. Today there are 120 estates in the DOCG, up from about 25 estates in 1975. Brunellos in general are bigger, darker, more tannic and more powerful wines than Chiantis or most other Sangioveses. By law they must be aged for four years, and two of those years must be in wooden barrels.