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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.8 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 86 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by BrendanMcS on 1/10/2024 & rated 93 points: Nice fruity nose of strawberry. Still a powerful wine with good fruit, cranberry and blackberry, followed by some leather and tobacco. Has some nice spice to it as well. Really solid. Short decant to get the sediment out (then was none) and drank over the next few hours. (365 views) | | | Tasted by yipen on 9/2/2023: drink up (492 views) | | | Tasted by Mark van Delft on 8/12/2023 & rated 91 points: Solid Brunello: cherry, leather, oak, blackberry, pepper, cranberry, medium body, nice acidic long finish. Neighbors over for drinks & diner. (526 views) | | | Tasted by Mark1npt on 4/10/2023 & rated 91 points: Monday, April 10, 2023 - I had this one mis-labeled as a '13 in the cellar....drank alongside another '12 Brunello last night at HMCs for dinner. Decanted 90 min as was the other Brunello. This one much lighter in the glass, a little more bricking and whereas the Casanova drank younger, than a '12, this Tenuta looked, drank and felt older than a '12. Much less cherry, less floral. Seemed a bit more tired and rung out. Procured from the same shop about a year apart, cellared the same at home. This one was nice, but a good 3+ points less than the '12 Casanova last night. HMC said this one felt, smelled, tasted a bit Bdx-ish and I think he's right. It even had a little Bdx funk on the nose when first opened. A small amount left in the decanter with a topper at room temp to try the next day....will post an addendum should it warrant it. 89 the 1st night.
*addendum posted under the 'comments' 91 the 2nd night. (2013 views) | | | Tasted by Robwild on 2/25/2023 & rated 91 points: Medium bodied. Full tannin. Vanilla oak and red fruit (824 views) | | | Tasted by Robwild on 2/3/2023 & rated 91 points: A very nice Brunello. Very Approachable, medium bodied with nice integrated tannins. Oak, leather, cassis and vanilla. Good QPR. Drinking well now and for a couple more years. (668 views) | | | Tasted by Decanthor on 1/20/2023 & rated 88 points: For my palate, this is past its prime. Not very good on PnP. Almost smells/tastes...expired? Thankfully, things got better with some air and on the next day, but it was not the wine I drank many years ago. It was still a very good wine once it got to breathe, but slightly disappointing because it didn't evolve the way I was expecting it to. (579 views) | | | Tasted by melzar on 12/30/2022 & rated 90 points: Time has softened the rough edges. Oak still evident, but unobtrusive. A wonderful expression of Sangiovese fruit. As good as the highly touted 2010. (604 views) | | | Tasted by Fre on 8/19/2022 & rated 90 points: In the beginning, the wine was difficult, hard to read. After 3 hours of decanting, there’s been a transformation. In the nose some rubber, plum fruit, dark cherries with some Italian herbs. In the mouth, the start gives clean pure cherry fruit. Medium bodied. At the end some tannins pop up but they stay nicely integrated in the fruit. With warming up, some alcohol pops up. This is a nice Brunello, at its peak with still some years ahead. Given its price, this is surely a good value wine. But in therms of quality, you’ll find better quality in the appellation (at a much higher price) (952 views) | | | Tasted by thoughtdujour on 3/30/2022 & rated 93 points: A beautiful lesson in the value that Caparzo brings to Brunello's. Anita and I both enjoyed it which is rare since she's not terribly excited about Italian wines (1141 views) | | | Tasted by twain on 1/13/2022 & rated 91 points: Sandalwood, leather, fruit tart nose. Mouth is velvety at first with raspberry, fig very pleasant. Tannin and acidity comes out in the finish and signals more time ahead. (1411 views) | | | Tasted by Giorgos F. on 4/15/2021 & rated 89 points: Ok this tasted more like a Brunello than the previous time... (2054 views) | | | Tasted by shelby003@gmail.com on 2/2/2021: Just horrible (1956 views) | | | Tasted by BrendanMcS on 1/1/2021 & rated 92 points: One of my favorite producers, always an excellent QPR. Nice fruity nose and full bodied on the palate. Good purple fruit and some plum. Tannins are soft but present. In a good drinking window right now, but still has some legs to age. (1933 views) | | | Tasted by BrendanMcS on 11/25/2020 & rated 93 points: Nice nose of cherries. Great red fruits on the palat. Really nice Brunello. Great QPR. In a good place now. Curious to see it in a few years. (1717 views) | | | Tasted by tantotinto on 11/7/2020 & rated 91 points: Tasted after an hour and a half in a decanter. Much more aromatic than our last two years ago. Fresh red fruit, spice and a little iron on the finish. Very open and ready. Great QPR. (1512 views) | | | Tasted by yipen on 8/20/2020: Enjoy this, I do not think it needs to wait, medium bodied (1331 views) | | | Tasted by bsouligny on 5/31/2020 & rated 92 points: Ahhh le brunello dure d etre decu, nez de cerises,violettes et tabac en bouche wow cerises acidulées,tannins deja engageantset un belle finale sur le tabac et le kirsh,je sais pas si c est a cause de la demi- bouteille mais il était a point. (1554 views) | | | Tasted by JLPwine on 2/14/2020 & rated 89 points: Too light bodied for my taste in Brunello. Previous bottle was nice. Could have just been the timing (1883 views) | | | Tasted by MTheroux on 1/19/2020 & rated 90 points: Ossobuco (1789 views) | | | Tasted by Tonythefish on 11/30/2019 & rated 89 points: See prior notes - wine is very enjoyable (1959 views) | | | Tasted by Giorgos F. on 11/2/2019 flawed bottle: oh dear had high expectations but either this bottle has suffered some degradation or this is truly an overrated wine. The overall impression was of a weak, light body Sangiovese with very edgy acidity and some rogue tannins. Nose had a confusing mix of primary and secondary aromas with some essence of wet towel that could point to a corked bottle. I have a second bottle so I will revisit. In any case needs a minimum of 30' decanting if not more. (1732 views) | | | Tasted by Mark van Delft on 8/2/2019 & rated 91 points: My first Caparzo BdM, really nice, obviously drank too young, couldn’t resist: red cherry, raspberry, leather, pencil shaving, tobacco, dried fruit, medium body, soft tannins, espresso, laurel, strong finish (1944 views) | | | Tasted by ramclain on 2/16/2019 & rated 92 points: Well blended and soft earthy tones, mainly of clay and sandstone, with light notes of red fruit, mostly over-ripe raspberry. (2175 views) | | | Tasted by Winowhyno on 8/28/2018 & rated 89 points: Young and thin....may get better with some time. I will wait until 8/20 to open the next bottle. (3189 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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(Caparzo Brunello Di Montalcino, Docg red) Subscribe to see review text. | By David Lawrason
WineAlign (10/6/2017)
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Vinous, Brunello di Montalcino: The 2012 Brunellos & 2011 Riservas (Mar 2017) (3/1/2017)
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JancisRobinson.com (1/23/2017)
(Caparzo Brunello di Montalcino Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (11/30/2016)
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| Tenuta Caparzo Producer website
U.S. Importer: Good source of addt'l infoTenuta Caparzo Brunello di Montalcino vinoSangioveseSANGIOVESE: (Pronounced "sahn-joh-vhe-se").
Sangiovese - Italy's claim to fame, the pride of Tuscany. Traditionally made, the wines are full of cherry fruit, earth, and cedar. It produces Chianti (Classico), Rosso di Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino, Rosso di Montepulciano, Montefalco Rosso, and many others. Sangiovese is also the backbone in many of the acclaimed, modern-styled "Super-Tuscans", where it is blended with Bordeaux varietals (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc) and typically aged in French oak barrels, resulting a wine primed for the international market in the style of a typical California cabernet: oaky, high-alcohol, and a ripe, jammy, fruit-forward profile.[16]
Semi-classic grape grown in the Tuscany region of Italy. Used to produce the Chianti and other Tuscan red wines. Has many clonal versions, two of which seem to predominate. The Sangiovese Grosso clone Brunello variety is used for the dark red, traditionally powerful and slow-maturing "Brunello di Montalcino" wine. The other is the Sangiovese Piccolo, also known under the historical synonym name Sangioveto, used for standard Chianti Classico DOC wines. Old vine derived wine is often used in the better versions, needing several years ageing to reach peak. A third clone, Morellino, is used in a popular wine blend with the same name found in the southern part of the province. Recent efforts in California with clones of this variety are very promising, producing medium-bodied reds with rich cherry or plumlike flavors and aromas. Among the available clonal versions are R6 and R7, derived from the Montalcino region of Italy, having average productivity/ripening and producing small berries on medium size clusters. R10 and R24 are well-recommended. R23, listed as deriving from the Emilia-Romagna region, has good vigor with medium-small clusters with earlier ripening. R102 derives from the Montepulciano region and reported to have average vigor with moderate productivity that results in higher sugar levels and good acidity from medium-small berries on medium-small clusters. Has synonym name of Nielluccio where grown in Corsica.Italy Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorTuscany Tuscany (ItalianMade.com) | TuscanytMontalcino Montalcino websiteBrunello di Montalcino Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino (Official DOCG website) |
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