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Canalicchio di Sopra Brunello di Montalcino La Casaccia 2016 750ml (750ml)

Price: $289.99

6+ Price: $269.99 / btl

Producer Canalicchio di Sopra
Country Italy
Region Toscana
Varietal Sangiovese (Grosso)
Vintage 2016
Sku RD11441
Size 750ml
 

Canalicchio di Sopra Description

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 lat

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