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2015 Capanna Brunello di Montalcino

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February 18, 2024 - $56

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RATINGS

96James Suckling

Plums and dried flowers with violets and lavender and hints of sandalwood. Full-bodied, dense and fruity with a big and juicy palate, yet the round and firm tannins hold it all together and give it form.

95Vinous / IWC

Musky, bracing aromas and flavors of red cherry and orange peel, tarragon and violet. Full and tactile, with racy acidity giving the wine’s deep flavors real cut and grip. Finishes with lingering saline nuances on the clean, refined back end.

93Wine Spectator

...cherry and strawberry flavors at the core are pure and defined. Earth, iron and woodsy elements accent the fruit. Rights itself in the end, showing fine equilibrium.

92The Wine Advocate

Redcurrant, dried cherry, tilled earth and dried garden herb emerge from the bouquet...sour cherry on the close...

90Wine Enthusiast

Ripe black-skinned berry, violet, underbrush and new leather aromas... Full bodied and rounded, the palate offers licorice, spirit-soaked black cherry and tobacco accompanied by close-grained, solid tannins that leave a drying finish.

17.5Jancis Robinson

Savoury and minerally nose with a suggestion of pine...fantastic core of concentrated, tangy fruit on the palate with firm, clayey tannins. Great balance and chew.

PRODUCER

Capanna

Capanna is a 50-acre estate in Montalcino, Tuscany. Since 1957 it has been owned by the Cencioni family. Capanna’s flagship wines are its Brunello di Montalcinos, though it also makes Sangiovese blends, Pinot Grigio and Grappa. Some 70,000 bottles are produced annually. Wine Advocate has often awarded the Brunellos ratings in the 90s. The estate is in the Montosoli district, considered some of the appellation's prime vineyard terrain.

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.