Caparzo, Brunello di Montalcino 1997 Merlot weather during the second part

weather during the second part of the harvest —when the grapes for

a sappy core of black cherry fruit

This remains one of the greatest wines of the '93 vintage with a simply dazzling breadth of aromas

but it was perhaps more immediately warm and moreishly charming

building tension toward refined tannins

Caparzo, Brunello di Montalcino 1997 Merlot weather during the second partThe origins of the place named Caparzo are still unknown. According to some people, the name is derived, as shown by ancient maps, from Ca Pazzo; according to others, the term should derive from the Latin Caput Arsum, indicating "a place touched by sun. The history of Caparzo dates back to the end of the 1960s at the dawning of Brunello di Montalcino, when a group of friends, fond of Tuscany and of wine, purchased an old ruin with vineyards at