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Canalicchio di Sopra Brunello di Montalcino 2004
Varietal: Sangiovese (Grosso)
Region: Toscana
The Canalicchio di Sopra Brunello is possessed of rich cherry fruit interspersed with layered notes of smoke, minerals, and earth; the firm tannins work well with this profile, rendering it wonderfully drinkable now, yet capable of developing even more with a few years of cellar age.
About the Producer
ounded 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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