Caparzo, Brunello Montalcino Casa Vintage:2010 An unusually high-toned nose displays

An unusually high-toned nose displays notes of cranberry and raspberry that combine with very supple and round middle weight flavors that possess good freshness and an underlying sense of tension on the delicious if not particularly complex finish

but it also has some brioche aromas

all wrapped in a youthfully austere and markedly stony finale

concluding with a long

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Caparzo, Brunello Montalcino Casa Vintage:2010 An unusually high-toned nose displaysThe 1997 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna La Casa is a full and generous interpretation of the vintage with an inky dark appearance and articulate aromas of spice, leather, Graham cracker and dried fruit. Theres also a good amount of menthol or dried rosemary sprig. This wine offers its best assets upfront and leaves less to chew on at the backend. Drink, 2014 2020.