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Speaking of great bottles, what do you get when you have a top producer and a great vintage – a must buy and I can’t wait for our 2019 vintage Brunello di Montalcino wine tasting on April 20th, we should have at least a dozen different wines from this outstanding vintage along with a few 2018 Riservas. Montalcino has experienced two back to back average vintages in 2017 and 2018 but it looks like 2019 is excellent in quality across the board in Montalcino
Brunello is the wine with top billing in Tuscany is for the last half of century, a DOCG from a fortress town south of Siena with reds of legendary power and longevity that have commanded lofty prices. The wines of this world-renowned region of Tuscany were conceived by the Biondi Santi family a century ago, today Brunello di Montalcino is produced under scores of labels, representing small farms, established estates and even international corporations. By the turn of the 21st century, there are over 250 producers of Brunello di Montalcino, mostly small farmers and family estates, producing nearly 330,000 cases a year.
Brunello is Montalcino is one of the hottest topics in the world of Italian wine today. With wine magazines like: The Wine Spectator, James Suckling, The Wine Advocate and Antonio Galloni's Vinous calling the newly released 2019 vintage from Montalcino " A near perfect vintage", many collectors and wine enthusiasts will be scrambling to pick up the best wines from this stellar year.
The paradox here is that these wines are years away from showing their grandeur, when a customer wants a recommendation for a wine to take home tonight and drink, young Brunello is rarely comes to mind. However if you would like a taste of the wines of this elite red wine producing region, Brunello’s baby brother Rossi Di Montalcino has been one of the hottest wines in its price category in the store this year.
2019 Vintage Canalicchio Di Sopra Brunello di Montalcino
2019 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 3 LITER
Price: $551.25 Your Price: $485.10 Quantity in Stock: 1
2019 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO MAGNUM
Price: $248.25 Your Price: $218.46 Quantity in Stock: 6
2019 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO
Price: $118.25 Your Price: $104.06 Quantity in Stock: 36
(94 Points) With a hint of candied cherry, grenadine or Shirley Temple, the Canalicchio di Sopra 2019 Brunello di Montalcino reveals purple blossom, dried flower, cough drop and balsam herb. The wine is very nicely stitched together with integrated oak that comes through in a structural way but not too much on the bouquet. The tannins do feel dry on the mid-palate, but they remain fine and tight... Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2019 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO LA CASACCIA
Price: $216.50 Your Price: $190.52 Quantity in Stock: 12
(97 Points) Whereas Montosoli is more mineral-driven and finely stitched together, this wine is broad, big and driven by balsamic tones, vapor rub and dried rosemary. The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino La Casaccia, however, is more explosive with spice, toasted coffee, black licorice, cherry cola and rich cherry. The tannins feel chalky, although they are fine-grained, but they play a bigger role against the concentrated fruit. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2019 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO MONTOSOLI
Price: $255.00 Your Price: $224.40 Quantity in Stock: 12
(98 Points) This is a gorgeous wine that really takes off in this vintage. It starts off with gentle floral aromas of lilac or dried violet and a hint of fragrant rose. The Canalicchio di Sopra 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna Montosoli boasts an impeccable nose with elegant berry fruit and light minerality. All this beauty is transferred to the palate, where the wine shows very fine-grained tannins. The fruit flows steadily over a long, rich finish. The challenge is to get a fruit finish this long, considering Brunello's strong tannins, but this wine definitely succeeds. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
A bit about the producer:
Primo Pacenti, the winemaker at Canalicchio di Sopra is a delightful gentleman whose wines are much like him - open and unpretentious. These wines are ones that mature rapidly and offer straightforward satisfaction. He has been making wine since the late 1960’s in the limestone and clay soils of his vineyard in a zone that is one of the most rapidly evolving and expanding in the fine wine world.
In 1962 Primo Pacenti, a lover of the land with a knowledge of its products, founded Azienda Agricola Canalicchio di Sopra. Situated in the northern side of the Municipality of Montalcino and in the middle of the tourist itinerary of Val d’Orcia, the farm extends for about 60 ha, 15 of which are cultivated with vines and 2 with olive groves.
Three generations live here side by side with the common aim of producing quality wines: the generation of the grandfather, Primo Pacenti, who founded the farm and managed it until the 1990’s, as well as participating actively in the social life of the Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino; that of the father, Pier Luigi Ripaccioli, who with the grandfather has undertaken to increase the quality by proposing careful and meticulous work; that of the grandchildren, Simonetta, Marco and Francesco who joined the management in 2001, bringing with them new ideas and new technologies always in respect of ancient methods and customs.
The vines grow in two of the zones with the highest vine growing and wine making vocations in Montalcino: Canalicchio di Sopra and Le Gode di Montosoli. The different exposure and the geological differences of the soils produce different Sangiovese grapes where balance and power compensate one another in the wine cellar through the patient work which always seeks the best blend of tradition and innovation.
Older Vintages of Canalicchio Di Sopra available at Wine Watch
2018 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO
Price: $110.75 Your Price: $97.46 Quantity in Stock: 6
(94 points) “The 2018 Brunello di Montalcino is elegant and tight with dried cherry, earthy root, pressed violet and exotic spice. The wine's long mandatory aging period has added to its aromatic intensity and textural weight. You also recognize that special complexity that comes with Sangiovese when grown in this sunny appellation on the southern side of Tuscany. This is a solid wine with 36,237 bottles released.” 03/23 Monica Larner, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
2017 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO CASACCIA
Price: $235.00 Your Price: $206.80 Quantity in Stock: 9
(96 Points) This is a relatively new addition to the Canalicchio di Sopra portfolio, and even its modern graphic label design represents a break from the rest of the line, which has more nostalgic labels that feature Montalcino's medieval main square. The 2017 Brunello di Montalcino La Casaccia takes a little longer to open, but it ultimately reveals the elegance and energy that comes with the house style. Wild cherry, ash and balsam herb drive a long, very polished finish. The La Casaccia site is distinguished by mineral-rich clay soils, which give this wine its power and density. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2017 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO
Price: $146.00 Your Price: $128.48 Quantity in Stock: 16
(94 Points) "As you drive downhill from the hamlet of Montalcino on its north side, you pass the Canalicchio di Sopra winery, which is located in a shallow, sun-lit basin of vines. This estate is meticulous and studied in its winemaking philosophy, and the 2017 Brunello di Montalcino is an expression of that concentration. This warm-climate Brunello reveals awesome purity and intensity with wild cherry, almond and lilac spread over a tonic, mid-weight finish. This wine awards plenty of elegance in a vintage that was not easy and not prone to such nuance. Production is exactly 39,989 bottles." 02/22 Monica Larner, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2016 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO CASACCIA
Price: $246.00 Your Price: $216.48 Quantity in Stock: 18
(96 Points) This is a newish single-vineyard wine (it's the second vintage) created by Francesco Ripaccioli and the team at Canalicchio di Sopra at the conclusion of an ambitious estate-wide mapping project. The 2016 Brunello di Montalcino La Casaccia draws its fruit from a two-hectare site planted in 1990 with clay soils and rich in mineral components. A precious 4,133 bottles were made. What I like most is the tightness of the fruit, which you chip away at slowly as the wine softens and yields in the glass. Each layer brings you forest fruit, sour cherry, almond, lilac and candied orange peel. On a second swirl, you might get black olive, bay leaf and scorched earth. There are subtle mineral notes, but what La Casaccia ultimately offers is that uniquely compact and extremely polished quality of fruit. (ML) (3/2021) -Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2016 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA RISERVA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO
Price: $254.00 Your Price: $223.52 Quantity in Stock: 5
(98 Points) Canalicchio di Sopra’s Riserva is typically crafted from the estate’s oldest plantings. In 2016, it combines two sites: Vigna Vecchia Mercatale in Canalicchio and the Filari Lunghi vineyard on the Montosoli hill. It is intensely balsamic in fragrance, flaunting mint and rosemary on a backdrop of dark, rain-soaked soil. Flint and tobacco notes hover in the background. The palate is pure and upright. Tight, linear tannins penetrate the compact core of black brooding berries. Then, the palate is suddenly refreshed by a tangy, stony minerality. This still needs time to meld, but all the elements are there for a long life. Drinking Window 2025 - 2042. Decanter
2016 Canalicchio Di Sopra Brunello di Montalcino
List Price: $150.00 Your Price: $132.00 Quantity in Stock: 22
(95 points) The Canalicchio di Sopra 2016 Brunello di Montalcino shows balance and symmetry with that difficult twofold delivery of power and elegance. This terrific new release shows dark fruit and tart cherry, but then unwinds slowly to reveal light spice, toasted nut, blue flower and crushed limestone. The wine affords a genuine sense of place with roots in the northern half of the appellation where the light is whiter and the nights are cooler. That brilliant luminosity appears in the pure quality of fruit and the sharp focus of the mouthfeel, driven by balanced tannins and acidity. The sensation it gives is compact and long, without too much extra volume or padding. This wine is like a contoured, chiseled and carefully polished marble statue that you would see in a Renaissance church. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2015 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO CASACCIA
Price: $225.00 Sale Price: $198.00 Quantity in Stock: 6
(98 Points) The Canalicchio di Sopra 2015 Brunello di Montalcino La Casaccia represents a new chapter in this estate's long history. This is a single-vineyard expression from the Canalicchio area, one of the most interesting subzones on the northeast side of Montalcino. Giving identity to individual parcels gives an estate like this huge potential for further expression and experimentation. The site is a little over two hectares, and it has dense, mineral-rich clay soils that add more power and a heavier center of gravity. The vines were planted in 1990. I notice slightly firmer tannin here, with a very distinct level of acidity purity. You also get lasting berry fruit favors with blueberry and dried raspberry followed by spice, licorice and lavender buds from the south of France and the rim of the Mediterranean. The wine is distinguished by endnotes of balsam or medicinal herb that grow in strength with time. It offers plenty of volume and weight. Not counting the various large format bottles made, only 3,610 750-milliliter bottles were produced. They were filled in May 2019, and the wine hit the market in January 2020. -Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
2015 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO MAGNUM
Price: $305.00 Your Price: $268.40 Quantity in Stock: 4
2015 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO
Price: $146.00 Your Price: $128.48 Quantity in Stock: 22
(95 Points) This bottle marks the special 50th anniversary of this wine. A little red sticker on the front label commemorates the five decades that have passed since grandfather Primo Pacenti did his first harvest. The medium-weight Canalicchio di Sopra 2015 Brunello di Montalcino shows a generous spread of forest fruit, licorice, blue flower, bay leaf, Provence herbs and fragrant wet soil aromas. There is a touch of earthy muskiness that some like to refer to as "foxy." Fruit for this Brunello represents a selection of clusters harvested over 10 hectares at 300 to 320 meters above sea level in two sites: Canalicchio and Montosoli. Canalicchio has clay soils for the structure of the wine, and Montosoli adds to the clarity of the aromas. All the vines are over 10 years old. Fermentation is in stainless steel, and aging spans 36 months in Slavonian oak casks. This wine from the warm and sunny 2015 vintage maintains its trademark crispness and freshness nonetheless. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2013 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO
Price: $120.00 Your Price: $105.60 Quantity in Stock: 1
(97 points) Plump and bursting with cherry, strawberry and mineral aromas and flavors, this racy red evokes harmony and freshness, with hints of spice, chocolate and tobacco as it plays out gracefully on the long aftertaste. There is structure here, with all the components integrated. Best from 2020 through 2035. From Italy.B.S (3/2017) Wine Spectator
2013 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RISERVA
Price: $226.25 Your Price: $199.10 Quantity in Stock: 5
(97 Points)"The 2013 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is a tremendous wine that delivers a deep sense of inner gravity and balance. That, in a nutshell, is the secret of the top-end wines made at the exciting Canalicchio di Sopra estate. The wines made here always exhibit carefully measured balance in the classic vintages (like 2013) and in the difficult years as well. That extreme balance is exactly why you taste the vintage variation with such distinction. This expression from 2013 is remarkably smooth and silky with a steady succession of traditional Sangiovese aromas that span from wild berry, forest floor, wet earth, pressed flower and hints of tangy licorice or aniseed. This is a mid-weight Brunello that glides over the palate with precise, delicate and long lasting waves of intensity. Some 3,185 bottles, 174 magnums and 30 double magnums were made." 1/19 Wine Advocate, Monica Larner
2012 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RISERVA
Price: $157.75 Your Price: $138.82 Quantity in Stock: 7
(95 Points) The 2012 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is a beautifully saturated expression, with gorgeous density and presence. The bouquet is carefully considered in terms of its power and intensity (remember, this was a hot and dry vintage, and ripening was accelerated as a result). It shows lots of varietal character and definition without ever going overboard or feeling too soft or ripe. In fact, this Riserva is surprisingly tonic and firm deep down. It sweeps over the palate with sweet, plush and softly velvety waves of fruity flavors. - Monica Larner, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, March 2018
2012 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO
Price: $139.25 Your Price: $122.54 Quantity in Stock: 7
(95 Points) "Loads of balsamic aromas and flavors-juniper, rosemary, thyme, olive-along with cherry, sanguine and tobacco notes are the hallmarks of this intense red. Well-integrated and complex, building to a long aftertaste. Best from 2012 through 2035." Wine Spectator
2011 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO
Price: $175.25 Your Price: $154.22 Quantity in Stock: 6
(95 points) "The 2011 Brunello di Montalcino is a gorgeous, striking wine. Sweet macerated cherries, tobacco, licorice, spice and mint are all laced together in a super-expressive, resonant Brunello endowed with real class. Open-knit and seductive, the 2011 will drink well with minimal cellaring. This is an especially delicate, sensual Brunello that speaks to the finesse that is possible on the northern side of Montalcino, and a terrific example of the year at its very best. With time in the glass, the 2011 starts to shut down, which may be a very good sign of its potential longevity. In any event, the 2011 Brunello is a winner. Proprietor Francesco Ripaccioli gave the 2011 a bit less time in oak than is customary. Production was just 28,000 bottles as opposed to the 50,000 bottles that were produced between the straight Brunello and Riserva in 2010 (there is no Riserva in 2011.)" Antonio Galloni
2007 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO
Price: $126.00 Your Price: $110.88 Quantity in Stock: 2
Very pretty nose with classic black spice, tar and fresh porcini mushroom, fine herbs, licorice spice and wild strawberry fruit very complex array of aromas. Chunky fruity wines on the palate with lots of spice and nuance to the wild berry fruit and fine tannins showing up on the finish, classic earth and mineral through the finish with licorice spice and a long well balanced finish, this wine needs some time still to come together but has a long finish that has layers of spice and earth. Finish 50 Most Excellent
2006 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO
Price: $174.00 Your Price: $153.12 Quantity in Stock: 2
Dried herbs and red berry fruit on the nose with notes of licorice spice. Notes of tar and black spices on the finish, a very classically fashioned brunello with layers of dried herbs and porcini notes. Most Excellent
2004 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RISERVA
Price: $245.25 Your Price: $215.82 Quantity in Stock: 6
(93+ Points) The 2004 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is built on a core of elegance and refinement rather than the sheer power that typically characterizes the estate’s wines. This is a sensual, layered Brunello that only gradually reveals its seductive charm. Sweet, silky tannins support a core of ripe dark fruit all the way through to the sublime, delicate finish. Readers looking for a blockbuster 2004 Riserva should look elsewhere, but those in search of the elegant side of Brunello will find much to admire here. That said; the wine gained quite a bit of volume and depth with air, so it will be interesting to see where things go from here. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2024. Canalicchio di Sopra - Ripaccioli seems to be making better and better wines with each passing vintage. The estate’s Rosso and Brunellos are sourced from vineyards in the Canalicchio and Montosoli districts, both on the northern side of Montalcino, and are aged predominantly in cask. Wine Advocate #188, Apr 2010
2004 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO
Price: $175.25 Your Price: $154.22 Quantity in Stock: 1
(92 Points) Dried violets, berries and hints of vanilla follow through to a full body, with racy, silky tannins and a tanned leather, berry aftertaste. Chewy. Needs bottle age to mellow. Better than the 2001. Best after 2010. 2,800 cases made. –JS Wine Spectator Issue: Web Only - 2009
2003 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO
Price: $153.00 Your Price: $134.64 Quantity in Stock: 1
Wine Watch Review: An amazing array of roasted meat, fresh plowed earth coco and spice, black cherry and porchini mushroom. A good amount of ripe black cherry fruit on the tongue very balanced and fresh with an array of fresh earth minerality and dark coco to the finish. Finish 40+ EXCELLENT +
2001 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO
Price: $190.25 Your Price: $167.42 Quantity in Stock: 8
(91) Gorgeous subtle aromas of plum, berry and Indian spices follow through to a full-bodied palate with fine tannins and a long, long finish. Tight and structured. Best after 2007. 665 cases made. -JS Wine Spectator July 31, 2006
2000 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO
Price: $160.25 Your Price: $141.02 Quantity in Stock: 1
1996 CANALICCHIO DI SOPRA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO
Price: $180.00 Your Price: $158.40 Quantity in Stock: 4
Founded in the sixties by Primo Pacenti, Canalicchio di Sopra remains family-owned. Its establishment represented a substantive risk, as Pacenti, a peasant farmer up until the abolition of the sharecropping system, possessed little in the way of security. The Brunellos of the estate largely reflect the wine’s historical paradigm, a character derived, in part, through 36 months of cask aging, and 1 year in bottle.
Although Brunellos are generally regarded as more pronounced in character than the wines of Chianti, such a generic and broad description is more convenient than it is accurate. Distinctions in climate and soil between the northern and southern parts of the Montalcino zone account for important differences. The northern zone, the area relative to Canalicchio, evidences a cooler climate than that of its southern counterpart; this northern terrain receives limited exposure to both the Mediterranean influence of Montalcino and the cooling breezes that the latter’s high altitude affords, resulting in wines that display impressive ripeness and structure.
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