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Brunello di Montalcino La Casa 2012 75cl

DOCG | Brunello di Montalcino | Tuscany | Italy
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2010 2012
Critics scores
92 Robert Parker
Caparzo has crafted a beautiful, albeit simple, single-vineyard Brunello in this vintage. The 2012 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna la Casa is a plump and enriched red wine with juicy fruit flavors of blackberry, dried cherry, spice, leather and moist earth. The wine is very likable, yet it offers a more approachable style and less nuanced complexity as a result. I found less dimension here compared to some of its peers. However, I would gladly drink this bottle with a steaming plate of homemade fettuccine with wild boar ragù. That pairing would be delicious.<br/>
92 Wine Spectator
This is rich, sporting cherry, graphite, leather and spice flavors allied to a taut, linear frame. Firm tannins dominate the earthy finish. Needs some time to come together. Best from 2021 through 2035
Producer
Caparzo
Originally known as the Ca’ Pazzo or the Madman’s House, this cooler Montalcino property is now home to the respected Caparzo wine estate. Established in the late 1960s, by a group of Tuscan wine enthusiasts, the then run-down vineyards were quickly restored, modernized and expanded. Within a few years Caparzo made a name for itself in the Brunello market. Elisabetta Gnudi Angelini bought the estate in 1998, and she continues to manage the 190-hectare property with the help of her two children, Igino and Alessandra. Divided amongst several sites, the 76-hectares of vineyards lie mostly in Montalcino, with a mere 5-hectares in Buonconvento. Elisabetta combines tradition with innovation, crafting expressive Montalcino wines of the upmost quality. Enologist Vittorio Fiore leads vinification producing many impressive reds. Amongst their top Brunellos, distinguished for its elegance, textural beauty and overall finesse, the single-vineyard Brunello from the La Casa is one of the country’s best.