Caprili Brunello di Montalcino Riserva AdAlberto 2016 100925OFFER planted in Contra Costa's sandy

planted in Contra Costa's sandy soils around 1890

and crucially: 41 months aging in neutral barrel with no topping

Toasted caramel

It is very elegant with great salinity and camel and dried fruit notes

meaty complexity

Caprili Brunello di Montalcino Riserva AdAlberto 2016 100925OFFER planted in Contra Costa's sandyAdAlberto is Caprili's flagship Riserva, named for Alberto Bartolommei the great grandfather of current winemaker Giacomo and made only in the best vintages from the estate's Madre vineyard, planted in 1965. The site sits at around 365 meters in Tavernelle, the cooler southwestern sector of Montalcino, on mixed limestone and silica soils that lend Sangiovese both power and lift. 2016 is one of the modern era's great Brunello vintages, and this Riserva