Caparzo, Brunello di Montalcino 1997 Merlot All grapes are handpicked and

All grapes are handpicked and fermented in small lots

Wife and I enjoyed this with a grilled NY steak smothered in sauteed mushrooms

PROVENANCE: winery-direct release from the Stag's Leap Wine Cellars library

a sappy core of black cherry fruit

building tension toward refined tannins

Caparzo, Brunello di Montalcino 1997 Merlot All grapes are handpicked andThe 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