Cupano, Brunello di Montalcino

Friday night at Nick's (Chez Nick) : A wine in glorious maturity: leather, warm cherry, earth, game and soul. Very food-friendly. But I slightly preferred the precision of the Marroneto we had alongside it. Drink up if you have these!

2004 vintage

A revelation, brilliant bottle and fully mature

2004 vintage

Sometime a wine stops you in your tracks, this was one of those moments. Brilliant, brilliant wine. Who knew that regular Brunello could get to this stage? Certainly not me, a revelation, just a shame personally I only started my Sangiovese journey relatively recently. Soft, seamlessly integrated, clear pure red fruit, cherries with a sour edge, but with that sourness significantly enhanced by that sweetness of decay and mulch that arrives with significant age. The perfect maturity, so often you …

2004 vintage

Spectacular!

2004 vintage

Medium to light body, Im surprised how light bodied this is. Strong legs and a little heady. Some VA on the nose, bright and fresh still. On the palate its a ittle light weight, main,y red cherry with a touch of savoury interest

2008 vintage

With FC and AW at Vivat Bacchus, Farringdon. Deep garnet core, pale rim. Fragrant nose with spicy, sour red cherry, soil, balsam notes. Medium/full bodied, this is quite rich but also vibrant with sour red cherries to the fore, soil, spice, vibrant acids carrying a good length finish with a touch of leather emerging. Excellent but fully mature for me and one to drink in the next 2-3 years to be on the safe side.

2004 vintage

Slow ox three hours, was just right. Magnificent drop, with grace, class, elegance, etc. Deep and broad, med+ body with such a fine balance of red fruit that teeter near the dark red spectrum but always seem to retreat just in time to keep focus. Brilliant stuff. I'll plan to drink the remaining bottles in the next 5-6 years even if it'll live on past that. highly recommended https://www.ItalianWine.blog

2004 vintage

PnP served non-blind. A very good showing - definitely in its preferred zone. Elegant, with deep, resonating elegant layers of red fruit. Profound aromas, complex, long. The final glass, some 90 minutes in was easily the best. Only a few remain and I'll be keeping a close guard on them. Joyful now and the next several years. highly recommended https://www.ItalianWine.blog

2004 vintage

Decanted for an hour off a fair amount of sediment, medium body, very strong legs, it’s a bit spicy, with clove and cinnamon, the wood is integrating nicely with the cherry fruit, good freshness and finish, there’s a few velvety tannins showing that should dissolve in the coming years. A crowd pleasing brunello and very tasty indeed

2008 vintage

Not a frequent brunello drinker,I already had the best brunello, tasting salicutti 2012 a day before, but this was even a notch above. Apparently they use burgundy barrels unlike larger vats normally used here. Whatever it is, this an absolute class of it’s own. Will seek this out budgets permitting.

2013 vintage

Really good, balanced with integrated oak, dark berry fruit, dried sage leaf, a little blood. Still fresh with a lot of life to go but in it’s drinking window at this age and a heady joyful experience!

2008 vintage

Long Live Brunello – A 2013 overview (Zoom!) : In the south, 200m elevation, 42 months in barrique. Not certified biodynamic but follow the principles. No riserva made this vintage. Quite intense, with orange peel, musk and balsamic notes on the nose; the oak definitely shows both there and on the palate vs wine #1 matured in botti – some vanilla, and some sweetness, but the fruit quality is delicious and Campariesque. Tannins are melting and perfectly ripe. Unlike my …

2013 vintage

My first Cupano, and a very interesting example of Brunello. I was a bit surprised by the amount of oak showing on the nose (later reading that it's due to aging in barrique), but it was well integrated on the palate. Tons of cherry flavor with some earthy/leathery undertones. A few fellow tasters thought that if served blind it might pass for a high quality Rioja, and I agreed that there's a similar profile. Overall this is a wine that …

2008 vintage

from memory: delicious wine.

2008 vintage

Feels young and maybe not well integrated yet. Violets and dark cherries very forward. Wood feels too strong right now but perhaps things will come together over time. From magnum.

2013 vintage

Cupano with Andrea Polidoro (Zoom!) : Magnum. Cool vintage. Very elegant fruited nose. Floral on the palate, some meat, and strawberry - juicy. Bitter orange peel towards the finish. Oak is classy and really well integrated. Complex and surprisingly accessible

2013 vintage

Very sophisticated. Earthy tones, leather, flowers, some fruit. Stunning Brunello.

2013 vintage

Was afraid this was over the hill but no, it's still going well. Lots of chocolate.

2004 vintage

Never really got going after two hour decent.

2004 vintage

Really outstanding. Rich, integrated, still youthful at 11.

2008 vintage

From memory: this showed pretty well, cherry, earth, mineral, floral, leather. Very good with the Italian food at the party.

2008 vintage

Inte så brun i färgen. Doftar klassisk brunello. Lite jord, fat, körsbär, torkade nypon, kanel och löv. Väldigt lena tanniner men fortfarande en del tanniner kvar. Lätt och syrlig, snygg men känns inte så gammal, hade lätt klarat 10 år till utan problem. Öppnar upp sig med mer karamell efter en dag.

2004 vintage

Getting there: blood orange, black tea and a little undergrowth. The barrel is almost incorporated.

2008 vintage

Ganska fyllig men inte tung. Läder och plommon, väldigt rund och len trots att den har en del tanniner. mycket kryddor klassisk brunello där faten är en stor del

2013 vintage

BDM给我带来极大的愉悦感

2008 vintage

Nearly flawless.

2004 vintage

Wow this is good. Poggio di Sotto style: very pure, high toned. Red-fruited. Not the dark-fruited, jammy style that one finds in too many brunelli those days. Rushed to buy a few more from the interweb...

2004 vintage

Benvenuto Brunello 2018; 2/18/2018-2/19/2018 : Naso superbamente fine e profondo, caleidoscopio floreale, poi frutti rossi limpidi, sottofondo di spezie e tostatura sottilissima. Profondo, ampio ed elegante anche se non classico. Al palato notevole ampiezza, tannini già rotondi e finale di rimarchevole lunghezza. Per toglierci il dubbio sulle potenzialità di invecchiamento hanno avuto l'ottima iniziativa di offrire in degustazione una verticale degli ultimi dieci anni (favolosa). Bravi!

2013 vintage

Not the perfect Cupano but darn near close. Never a bad Cupano.

2008 vintage

Another stunning performance with a dark and earth-driven bouquet, expressing savory cherry sauce, plum, brown sugar, black olive, sweet floral tones, and hints of undergrowth. On the palate, I found silky, almost juicy textures offset by gripping fine tannin with notes of black cherry, raspberry, hints of citrus, minerals and leather. Its fruit saturated the senses, finishing long on notes of tart cherry, dried strawberry, spice and hints of balsamic.

2008 vintage

The nose was dark and spicy, showing hard red candies and sweet florals. On the palate, I found saturating, tart black cherry, medicinal herbs, and exotic spice, yet it lacked persistence through the mid-palate. It finished dry with gripping tannin, cherries in alcohol, and tart berry.

2004 vintage

What a gorgeous bouquet, expressing savory cherry sauce, brown sugar, dusty spices, sweet florals tones, mint and hints of earth. On the palate, I found silky, almost juicy textures offset by gripping fine tannin with notes of black cherry, raspberry, hints of citrus, minerals and leather. Its fruit seemed to saturated the senses, finishing long on notes of dried strawberry, spice and hints of balsamic. This is so easy to like now, yet it has potential for the cellar.

2008 vintage

The nose was ripe and spicy, showing hard red candies and sweet florals. On the palate, I found tart black cherry, medicinal herbs and inner floral tones. It finished dry with gripping tannin.

2004 vintage

I like it

2004 vintage

Dinner at Cafe Lyon : Floral with violets and roses, there is earth, plum and tobacco as well. Lovely texture here, the fruit is restrained but it stretches into a long, long finish. Plenty of structure to give me hope that it will develop over the medium term future. Really, really good.

2004 vintage

Brunello di Montalcino - Decanter FW Experience (London) : An up-and-coming estate, arguably a cult wine with a production of 5000 bottles. The 2004 vintage comes from vines planted in 1997. A biodynamic-farmed estate, from SW Montalcino. Here the southern wines tend to be much richer, fleshy and creamier. Also, they tend to be richer as they age in barrique. altohugh not riserva, it is of riserva quality and is a great buy in lesser years e.g. 2002. The nose …

2004 vintage

very good we are drinking it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2004 vintage

especially with parmesan cheese; has a bit of spice to it!

2004 vintage

Swig Wine Tasting (Intercontinental Hotel, London) : Very modern style Brunello that is already showing some aging - excellent nose of soft fruit with plums, liquorice. Palate: sweet fruit, cigar tobacco, fine grippy tannins that stick to the teeth. Tasty, more-ish but needs food. Time will soften the tannins, but could be interesting to see how the fruit holds up over time as the wine was much lighter than expected for such a young pup

2004 vintage

Dark, but still translucent. French oak is so overbearing that it's tough to get anything else. Cigar notes. A rough acid streak. Horribly over-oaked. One of two "new-wave" brunellos tasted, aged in small French barriques. Not for me. * * * ? 0 = undrinkable, 1 = poor, 2 = mediocre, 3 = good, 4 = very good, 5 = superb

2004 vintage

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