Canalicchio di Sopra, Brunello di Montalcino, 2016
A mature bottle from one of the greatest modern Brunello vintages, made by one of Montalcino's most respected traditional estates. The Ripaccioli family farms on the cool north side of the hill, and their Brunello sees three years in large Slavonian oak casks, the classic recipe that lets Sangiovese's aromatics and structure shine through rather than being masked by new wood. The 2006 was a benchmark year, ripe and concentrated but with the firm acidity and tannin that let a wine like this evolve gracefully for two decades. Now nearing twenty years old, it's in a lovely mature window, showing the tobacco, leather, and dried-cherry complexity that only time in the cellar can give.
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A mature bottle from one of the greatest modern Brunello vintages, made by one of Montalcino's most respected traditional estates. The Ripaccioli family farms on the cool north side of the hill, and their Brunello sees three years in large Slavonian oak casks, the classic recipe that lets Sangiovese's aromatics and structure shine through rather than being masked by new wood. The 2006 was a benchmark year, ripe and concentrated but with the firm acidity and tannin that let a wine like this evolve gracefully for two decades. Now nearing twenty years old, it's in a lovely mature window, showing the tobacco, leather, and dried-cherry complexity that only time in the cellar can give.
