The Capanna winery, situated in Montosoli hill-probably the best sub-area in the North of Montalcino is run by the Cencioni family, who pours the Tuscan ancestral knowledge straight into these complex wines. It was mentioned that there’s never been made great wine in ugly areas, it’s a matter of energies great wine goes hand in hand with amazing landscapes and beautiful wineries, in the sense of energy. Yesterday, we were watching the SOMM Part II, a documentary opening our eyes to the labor, the history, the culture, and even the emotions that lie behind every great bottle of wine-the story, in other words, behind the bottles of wine. But this is actually how wine is enjoyed, isn’t it? It has to be associated to other positive emotions to be a great experience and get its taste amplified. Of course this information together with the view of the winery itself, the landscape, amplified the taste of the wines we tasted. yet, we discovered a wonderful choice of Brunello di Montalcino and gained more insight into the Sangiovese grapes. Capanna produces though other wines than Brunello as well (Rosso -Baby Brunello, Moscadello, Pinot Grigio, etc) at a stunning value for money.Īlexandra mentioned that at a blind tasting of red wines, their Brunello Riserva 2010 (the Brunello that we can find on sale only on January of the 6 th year after the harvest ) was the 2 nd place situated right after the “Ferrari of Brunello’s” – Casanova di Neri. The first was a pleasant surprise for us, Capanna winery, were Alexandra took us on a sunny afternoon. For tourists or “untrained noses”, Capanna could be one of the small wineries that could fade among the much more famous Casanova di Neri, Biondi Santi, etc. Alexandra Adamek, our sommelier host and founder of Select Tasting, gave us the tour and briefly introduced us into the world of Brunello di Montalcino. Now I would like to write a series of few small articles about the wine tasting in each winery we’ve been. 2014, Sophie’s son Vincent Estevenin took his place alongside his mother and aunt, bringing his youth, passion and skills to the winery.I was mentioning our Brunello di Montalcino tasting tours in the previous article on our trip to Montalcino, Tuscany.The sisters wholly devoted themselves to the estate and to making quality wines. Catherine chiefly managed the vines, while Sophie led the winemaking side. 1995, at a time when it was still not straightforward for women to work in a winery, Sophie and Catherine Armenier took over running Domaine de Marcoux.1991 All the vineyard is converted to biodynamics.1988 Sophie Armenier joined her family at the estate.Some key dates in the evolution of the wine estate : Today, the Marcoux estate has established itself at the top of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation. Peasant-winegrowers from generation to generation, the Armenier family has been present for many centuries in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, as can be seen from an archive from 1344 specifying that their ancestors paid tax. Living Wines & Poets (not all dead…) pairing !.Olivier Salières: The man who measured the energy of wine.Urban Winery : Making Wine in Town… Really ?. Charles Baudelaire – The Wine of Lovers.Charles Baudelaire – The Rag-Picker’s Wine.Cosmoculture : a recent method inspired by millennial approaches.What is Vin Jaune (Yellow Wine)? Know everything !.The Difference Between Conventional, Organic, Biodynamic & Natural Wine ?.
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