1999 | Capannelle | Solare

The nose is stately while the palate features electro-charged plum and cherry flavors softened ever so slightly by chocolate. Finishes toasty and warm, with oak and pepper. The total package in maturing Tuscan wine

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 1999 Solare is another outstanding effort from Capannelle. This blend of 80% Sangiovese and 20% Malvasia Nera was aged for 24 months in French oak and spent two years in bottle prior to being released. It is a powerful, masculine expression of Chianti Classico terroir, with notes of earthiness, tobacco, herbs, black cherries and superbly well-integrated oak. Another two to three years of cellaring should put this structured, expressive wine at the early opening of its drinking window.

• James Suckling: A beautiful combination of ripe fruit and meat on the nose and palate. Full-bodied, with a velvety texture and a toasted oak, meat and berry flavor.

Producer Information

Capannelle was founded by Raffaele Rossetti in 1974 on the site of a 16th-century farmhouse. The first vintage of a Vino da Tavola called Capannelle was released a year later. French oak barrels were introduced in 1977, and white wine production from the mid 1980s. The 50&50 collaboration with Avignonesi began in 1988. James B. Sherwood, founder of Orient Express Hotels, Trains & Cruises bought the estate in 1997. Two more vineyards were bought, and the capacity of the winery was doubled. Simone Monciatti has made the wine here since 1984. The estate features an armored caveau. This houses an archive of around 8000 bottles of its previous vintages, and precious bottles owned by key restaurant and hotel customers.

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