A new Brunello from a creator who studied with the god of Burgundy.
Vogue Japan puts Cupano among the 4 wineries to visit in Montalcino, together with Biondi Santi, Mastrojanni & Castiglion del Bosco.
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Thursday, 15 November 2018
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
Cupano at ProWein & Vinitaly
Come see us in Düsseldorf and Verona!
Hall 13 / F33, with our German importer Wein Am Limit
Hall 9 / B8 n.57 in the Consorzio del Brunello di Montalcino area
To fix an appointment: cupano@cupano.it
Thursday, 22 February 2018
Benvenuto Brunello 2018: Cupano among the best for Gambero Rosso, Intravino and Vinodabere
After a very crowded and successful Benvenuto Brunello, we wanted to share with you a few articles and reports of the event.
We resulted among the best for Gambero Rosso, Intravino and Vinodabere #1/#2.
Tuesday, 19 December 2017
Brunello Riserva 2009 among the 25 best wines of 2017 for Andreas Larsson
Our Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2009 figures out among the 25 best wines of 2017 tasted by Andreas Larsson, 2007 Best Sommelier of the World, for Tasted 100% Blind.
In his words, the list is made of «world class wines which possesse complexity, nuance, terroir expression, age worthiness, concentration and length».
Here's what Larsson wrote about our millésime:
«Medium deep ruby red with a lighter tawny rim. Pure but developed nose with sweet red fruit, dark cherry, fine spices, tobacco and some oak. The palate is concentrated but nicely rounded, rather a burgundian texture, with really fine purity, ripe tannin, clove, pepper and vanilla notes, with a lovely texture, plenty of ripeness but a fresh backbone and very long finish, stylishly crafted with elegance and complexity».
Full list:
Château Troplong Mondot 2015
Red Clos Fourtet 2015
Château Trotte Vieille 2015
Château Dassault 2015
Red Matervini - Antes Andes 2014
Finca Sobreno - Ildefonso 2011
Bodega Numanthia - Termanthia 2012
Miguel Torres - Grans Muralles 2010
Montes - Alpha M Super Premium 2012
Lapostolle - Clos Apalta 2013
Wine & Soul - Pintas 2014
Bodegas Chandon - Terrazas de Los Andes Single Vineyard Las Compuertas 2013
Parusso - Bussia 2012
Delas frères - La Landonne 2015
Yann Chave 2015
Domaine des Remizières - Cuvée Emilie 2015
Cupano - Riserva 2009
Bodegas Tradición - Palo Cortado Tradicion Vors 30 Años NV
Neumeister - Saziani 2013
Holdvolgy - Culture 6 Puttonyos Aszu 2009
Bollinger - R.D. 2002
Piper Heidsieck - Cuvée Rare 1998
Schloss Gobelsburg - Ried Lamm 1oTW 2015
Erwin Sabathi - Ried Possnitzberg Alte Reben Chardonnay Große STK Lage 2015
Guy Charlemagne - Mesnillésime 2008
Monday, 30 October 2017
BaroloBrunello 2017 | Milano, 18-19 November
Cupano will participate to BaroloBrunello 2017 at Officine del Volo, Milano, on 18-19 November, alongside Damilano, Giacomo Borgogno & Figli, Mauro Veglio, Il Marroneto, Podere Salicutti, Poggio di Sotto and many others.
We will show a vertical of our Brunello di Montalcino (2012, 2009, 2008, 2007 Riserva) and Rosso di Montalcino 2014.
Thursday, 6 October 2016
Benvenuto Brunello Zurich, Park Hyatt, Monday 10 October
We will show our Brunello di Montalcino 2011 and Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2010 at Benvenuto Brunello in Zurich.
The event will take place on Monday 10 October at Park Hyatt from 14.30 to 20.
Get your ticket here: http://www.vinum.info/brunello/?cois=ch
Take a look at Vinum - Brunello di Montalcino Extra.
Tuesday, 26 April 2016
Monday, 5 October 2015
Friday, 2 October 2015
Tuesday, 14 April 2015
Cupano on Aspen 82 channel
Our Brunello di Montalcino 2005 appeared on Aspen 82 talk and variety show «The Lift» with Francesco Vigorito from Italian Wine Merchants.
Tuesday, 31 March 2015
Brunello di Montalcino 2010 on Falstaff
Our Brunello di Montalcino 2010 appears among the best Brunellos on Falstaff Magazin latest issue.
Here's what Othmar Kiem says about our new vintage:
«Brilliant and intense ruby color with fine grenade borders. Intense nose, shows notes of figs, blackberries, in the background something graphite, exciting. Flowers on the palate, a lot of ripe berry fruit, plenty of fine tannin, very long finish and nice aftertaste».
Thursday, 9 October 2014
Italian Wine Merchants' Expert Picks and articles about Cupano
We're really happy that Italian Wine Merchants' sommeliers and key figures have often talked about Cupano and chosen our wines for their Expert Picks. We decided to collect all the articles involving our estate and wines in a chronological order in this post, that we will update au fur et à mesure.
September 9, 2015: David Gwo - Rosso di Montalcino 2008 1.5 L & Brunello di Montalcino 2008.
The 2008 Cupano Rosso is drinking exceptionally well right now, especially out of magnum! With softer tannins and less oak character, the Rosso demonstrates its delightful dark cherry, leather, and tobacco notes while being backed by zippy acidity. The perfect pizza or pasta wine, this bottle also a great weekend warrior. Magnums are always fun to open among good company and this Cupano Rosso is surely a crowd pleaser!
I’ve had the opportunity to taste many vintages of Cupano, and this ’08 bottling is lovely. The 2008 will be earlier drinking than vintages like 2004 or 2006, but it has all the characteristics one looks for in a modern-style Brunello. Dark fruit, dark flowers, spice, and oak are at the forefront of the palate, but if you give this bottle a few more years, everything will round into form nicely. Cupano is an incredibly consistent producer and there’s no doubt that the 2008 will be a pleasure to follow into the next decade.
April 13, 2015: Crystal Edgar - Brunello di Montalcino 2002.
This was a year in the Tuscan region that did not impress many winemakers. However, Cupano certainly doesn’t disappoint. In fact, this Brunello is deeply impressive! Intense yet genial, elegant yet backed with power, harmonious yet delineated, the ’02 Cupano Brunello di Montalcino seems to offer all components one would expect for a top Brunello, and it succeeds admirably with all components in balance.
March 17, 2015: Will Di Nunzio - Brunello di Montalcino 2007.
Every tasting, every dinner and, really, anytime, this bottle is an instant crowd pleaser. This smooth Brunello’s perfect fruit, balanced tannins and incredible vibrancy made for a perfect glass next Chef Mike’s Buacatini. What a pair! We were all in awe. From southern Montalcino, Cupano is Sergio’s latest addition to the IWM portfolio, and it’s a label that has been on our shelves permanently since December 2013, consistently making our customers overjoyed with wine delight.
November 10, 2014: Will Di Nunzio - Brunello di Montalcino 2008.
Cupano Brunello has become a staple wine in the past year since we’ve carried it at IWM. Almost every IWM client has read about and or tasted this wine, and those who have had it have loved it. I had this bottle with some great customers last Thursday, and of the six wines poured it was the favorite. It’s hard to get Brunello like this 2008; it’s a classic, approachable wine to enjoy now and for the next ten years. IWM’s Chef Mike Marcelli makes an incredible Saltimbocca all Romana, which is the ideal dish to have with this great wine.
October 2, 2014: Francesco Vigorito - Brunello di Montalcino 2003.
Many people might stray away from a 2003 Brunello, but I can guarantee that this Cupano Brunello will change your mind about that. [...] What you’ll get in the 2003 Cupano Brunello are loads velvety textured fruit, soft, integrated tannins and beautifully mature profile. This is a Brunello to drink now and drink often because it’s that good. Come see what Cupano is all about!
September 30, 2014: Garrett Kowalsky - Rosso di Montalcino 2005 1.5 L.
So I am sure by now you are all at least familiar with the name “Cupano.” It is the superstar estate in Montalcino that Sergio identified and secured exclusivity with! Their wines are naturally a little bigger, so it is unsurprising that their 2005 Rosso would still be outstanding. Even better is that we have the wine available in Magnum, so not only can you drink it now…you can drink it over the next decade. The wine was rich and palate staining and stood up perfectly to the amatriciana she had prepared. A wine perfectly matched for autumn’s hearty dishes.
August 25, 2014: Janice Cable - Smell, The Oldest Sense, And Two Tuscan Wines.
But a couple transported me to Italy in a single deep inhalation, specifically the Montevertine Rosso and the Cupano Brunello di Montalcino. Both of these wines smell so deeply of places I knew, places I’d spent time, places whose dirt I’d had under my fingernails, whose pointed scents I’d held in my nose, whose sun I’d felt on my shoulders, that they each felt like little time-travel machines, taking me back in time and across continents to Radda, to Montalcino, to places I know and love and haven’t seen in several years.
July 22, 2014: Robin Kelley O'Connor - Brunello di Montalcino 2008.
For the end of the day, the perfect wine for a twilight dinner of local farm-picked ripe tomatoes and fresh buffalo mozzarella is Cupano Brunello di Montalcino 2008. The Brunello di Montalcino of Cupano have quickly become an IWM favorite. We have been blessed to clear the Cupano cellars of nearly ten vintages of their Brunello. Lionello Cousin, who founded Cupano in the late ‘80s with Ornella Tondini, is French, and he has brought his native sensibilities of winemaking to Montalcino to harmonize with his wife’s Italian passion and roots. They use non-interventionist methods both in the vineyard and in the cellar. Today I have selected the outstanding 2008 vintage. [...] This beautifully crafted ’08 Brunello is going to be a wine for the ages. Lionel Cousin is intensely engrossed in every aspect of his vineyard management. He uses only the ripest, best, low yield organically grown Sangiovese Grosso grapes for the Cupano Brunello. The wine spends 50 months in oak barrels and bottle before release. Deep bright ruby in color, this powerful, intense wine has a nose that’s loaded with exotic spices, fruit flavors. Offering an underlying velvety texture with great nuance, pitch perfect balance and a long finish that continues on for minutes, this is a wine you can drink now or put down for years.
May 19, 2014: Will Di Nunzio - Ombrone 2006.
Silky smooth, impressive, drinkable and delicious—this Ombrone is currently my favorite wine in this price range. What a bargain! Round and balanced, this is a wine that everyone loves. I have had it three times in the last 10 days and each time it put a smile on my face. By now we all know the great wines of Cupano, but to have a little wine like this at this age has been an absolute pleasure. I would drink this anytime.
April 21, 2014: Will Di Nunzio - Brunello di Montalcino 2002.
Yes, you read correctly, this is a 2002, the same vintage when many Italian winemakers fell into a depression because their vineyards were ruined by rain, hail and cold weather. In every storm is a little rainbow, and alongside some of the greats, Cupano prevailed against all odds. In my many offers of Cupano, I’ve written about the vineyard and I always, always highlight that the estate has great drainage. What does that mean? It means that in what is considered the worst vintage in 50 years you can get delicious wine because the water goes straight through the soil, rather than sitting and pooling and wreaking havoc with the vines and the grapes. The meticulous care of the owners helps, but nature makes it that simple. Enjoying this great bottle from an “off” vintage is an enlightening experience that everyone should have.
March 24, 2014: Janice Cable - Cupano Sant’Antimo Ombrone, A Wine For Lifelong Friends.
This past Christmas, I poured the Ombrone 2006 for friends at Christmas dinner. It drank like a perfect little chamber orchestra, each note building upon the one before, each one working in concert to create a delightful, deceptively powerful experience. I alone at the dinner had been to Montalcino—in fact, I think I was more or less the only wine person—but everyone loved the wine.
That’s the kind of wine Cupano Sant’Antimo Ombrone is. It’s like its two gracious makers, Ornella and Lionel, people who open their house, their lives and their bottles to strangers and make them lifelong friends.
March 24, 2014: Will Di Nunzio - Brunello di Montalcino 2007.
You’ve likely been seeing the great wines of Cupano, and it’s not by accident. Cupano is an incredible estate whose wines are beautifully balanced and extremely well made, but this high quality, like most of the best wines, speaks volumes about its vineyard. It is said, and some may argue, that Cupano has the best soils in all of Montalcino, why? Drainage, plain and simply. This is one of the few places you will find large river rocks embedded in the soil that allow any rain to dry up fairly quickly. Drainage gives the vines the correct amount of water. avoiding any watering down of the grapes thus maintaining concentration. This rich, delicious, balanced and extremely drinkable Brunello was the hit for the Italian table. Definitely something to pick up.
Friday, 3 October 2014
Special Cupano bottlings chez Italian Wine Merchants
Our exclusive US importer, Italian Wine Merchants, presents magnum bottlings of six vintages of our Brunello di Montalcino and five vintages of our Rosso di Montalcino.
You can buy those rare bottles directly on their website.
Thursday, 4 September 2014
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Wine Advocate by Monica Larner
2008 Cupano Brunello di Montalcino Riserva
A Sangiovese Grosso Dry Red Table wine from Brunello di Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy,
Review by Monica Larner
WA # , #211 (Feb 2014)
Rating: 94
Drink 2017 - 2030
Cost: $136
The 2008 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is a massively layered and brooding wine that opens with an excruciatingly slow aromatic evolution that bodes well for its longevity in your cellar. The aromas are dealt forward in generous, oversize portions with tones of cherry liqueur, mesquite smoke and mahogany. The mouthfeel is shaped by oak aging (30% of the wine sees 36 months of new French barrique) and shows sweet tannins and a long, fleshy finish. Cupano’s wines denote an international style, but they also have a proven track record for longevity. Drink: 2017-2030. Importer: Italian Wine Merchants, www.italianwinemerchants.com.
2009 Cupano Brunello di Montalcino
A Sangiovese Grosso Dry Red Table wine from Brunello di Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy,
Review by Monica Larner
WA # , #211 (Feb 2014)
Rating: 92
Drink 2017 - 2028
Cost: $116
The 2009 Brunello di Montalcino is an unabashedly plush and modern wine with high extract and a big burst of ripe fruit that is tightly woven within its bold textural consistency. Biodynamic farming is implemented and the wine (40% of it) rests in new French oak for 30 months for extra softness, spice and intensity. Dark, sensual smoky tones fill in the rear with lighter brush strokes of toasted espresso, licorice and candied cherry. It is just beginning to shows its potential for further evolution, so give it more time. My only doubt concerns the high alcohol that is registered at 15% but feels like more. Drink: 2017-2028. Importer: Italian Wine Merchants, www.italianwinemerchants.com
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Thursday, 13 February 2014
Tuesday, 11 February 2014
Cupano chez Bocuse
Cupano on the table of the mythical restaurant of
a Lyon, l'Auberge du Pont de Collanges du Mont d'Or, France
Friday, 7 February 2014
Cupano's Ornella Tondini and Lionello Cousin make you feel as if anything is possible...
October 29, 2013
A Note from Sergio
Cupano's Ornella Tondini and Lionello Cousin make you feel as if anything is possible. They're people who have lived exciting lives packed full of adventure, risk, art, love, animals, travel--and wine. Ornella, a trained art historian, has worked in museums in Rome, run magazines in London, and raised children in Tuscan sixteenth-century villas without electricity or running water. Lionello, a documentary filmmaker born in France, has traveled the world from the North to the South Poles, from the Sudan to South America. Together, they settled in Montalcino, and together they make the best wine you've never heard of.
I moved back to Italy about three years ago, and over the past three years, my networks here have deepened. Traveling and tasting, I kept on hearing one name over and over again. "Cupano," the young Italian sommeliers kept saying, and I started drinking. Then I visited the estate, which perches on a hill a few kilometers from the Sesti's Castello di Argiano and from the sprawling Banfi estate. Set apart from other vineyards, Cupano has no arable land that touches anyone else's vineyard or farm; this means that the estate is one of the very few certified organic estates in Montalcino, but this status isn't the only thing that makes the wine special.
Visiting Cupano, being welcomed like family by Ornella and Lionello, touring the vineyards, I was struck by the vineyards. The vines were old, gnarled and thriving in that stressed way that only the best wine vines are. They were also meticulously kept. Lionello famously walks through the vineyard, trimming leaves and bunches with manicure scissors he keeps in his pocket--but it was more than that. Walking around, I saw the stony ground. Eons ago a river had run through this land, leaving rocks, pebbles and stones in its path. This rockiness would imbue minerality in Cupano's wines, but it also gave these vines perfect drainage. The vines were naturally, perfectly stressed, and the God-given terroir meant that these vines would be naturally healthy, naturally resistant to pests and disease. It was ideal, really.
Today, I'm proud to bring a wide selection of Cupano's wines to you, my clients. These wines are already superstars in the Italian market, and they're poised to be superstars in the American market. Many of the wines in this offer appear for the very first time in the States; my close relationship with Ornella and Lionello make this possible. I believe in Cupano's beautifully structured, wonderfully complex wines. Cupano's Brunello di Montalcino is a wine I've fallen in love with, and the estate's rare Montalcino Super Tuscan, Ombrone Saint'Antimo, drinks like the union of Ornella and Lionello--the perfect marriage of Italian earth and French aesthetics.
IWM's opinion is that Cupano is the new top player in Montalcino. These are beautiful wines made by beautiful people, and you are the ideal wine-lovers to appreciate them. Drink some Cupano, fall in love. I did.
A Note from Sergio
Cupano's Ornella Tondini and Lionello Cousin make you feel as if anything is possible. They're people who have lived exciting lives packed full of adventure, risk, art, love, animals, travel--and wine. Ornella, a trained art historian, has worked in museums in Rome, run magazines in London, and raised children in Tuscan sixteenth-century villas without electricity or running water. Lionello, a documentary filmmaker born in France, has traveled the world from the North to the South Poles, from the Sudan to South America. Together, they settled in Montalcino, and together they make the best wine you've never heard of.
I moved back to Italy about three years ago, and over the past three years, my networks here have deepened. Traveling and tasting, I kept on hearing one name over and over again. "Cupano," the young Italian sommeliers kept saying, and I started drinking. Then I visited the estate, which perches on a hill a few kilometers from the Sesti's Castello di Argiano and from the sprawling Banfi estate. Set apart from other vineyards, Cupano has no arable land that touches anyone else's vineyard or farm; this means that the estate is one of the very few certified organic estates in Montalcino, but this status isn't the only thing that makes the wine special.
Visiting Cupano, being welcomed like family by Ornella and Lionello, touring the vineyards, I was struck by the vineyards. The vines were old, gnarled and thriving in that stressed way that only the best wine vines are. They were also meticulously kept. Lionello famously walks through the vineyard, trimming leaves and bunches with manicure scissors he keeps in his pocket--but it was more than that. Walking around, I saw the stony ground. Eons ago a river had run through this land, leaving rocks, pebbles and stones in its path. This rockiness would imbue minerality in Cupano's wines, but it also gave these vines perfect drainage. The vines were naturally, perfectly stressed, and the God-given terroir meant that these vines would be naturally healthy, naturally resistant to pests and disease. It was ideal, really.
Today, I'm proud to bring a wide selection of Cupano's wines to you, my clients. These wines are already superstars in the Italian market, and they're poised to be superstars in the American market. Many of the wines in this offer appear for the very first time in the States; my close relationship with Ornella and Lionello make this possible. I believe in Cupano's beautifully structured, wonderfully complex wines. Cupano's Brunello di Montalcino is a wine I've fallen in love with, and the estate's rare Montalcino Super Tuscan, Ombrone Saint'Antimo, drinks like the union of Ornella and Lionello--the perfect marriage of Italian earth and French aesthetics.
IWM's opinion is that Cupano is the new top player in Montalcino. These are beautiful wines made by beautiful people, and you are the ideal wine-lovers to appreciate them. Drink some Cupano, fall in love. I did.
Thursday, 25 July 2013
The Bottled Asset Fund invests on Brunello Cupano
The Bottled Asset Fund
Sergio Esposito of Italian Wine Merchants,
founder of Bottled Asset Fund, explains to Fox News
the Focus of this investment fund on Italian Wines.
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