Posted By Joel @vintrospective
True believers in terroir, our hosts at Cupano pointed out that the estate’s soil was, in fact, “…the bottom of a river on the top of the hill”. Cupano brought in its first vintage in 2000 and currently produces about 14k bottle per year. I adored Cupano’s Rosso di Montalcino 2010, with its gorgeous dark fruit, impressions of bacon and long finish. And whatever all-knowing critic claimed that 2002 was bad all across Tuscany had apparently missed a stop a Cupano: the estate’s Brunello 2002, which began a vertical tasting through to 2007, was soft, elegant and delicious. Brunello from the other vintages were impressive with the 2005 and 2006 stealing the show with superb balance all round.
