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Arnaldo Caprai 1998 Venticinque Anni 25 Sagrantino (Sagrantino di Montefalco)
- Cellar Selection
- $88
Wonderful aromas are of cedar, earth and leather. The flavors are intense black plums and dark chocolate. The tannins are huge but the fruit and complexity will still be there when they soften. This wine needs some time: drink 2005–2015. Cellar Selection. —C.S.
— C.S.
(2/1/2003)
Arnaldo Caprai 2001 25 Anni Sagrantino (Sagrantino di Montefalco)
- Cellar Selection
- $110
Not a wine you will easily forget. Marketing-savvy Marco Caprai has taken a difficult, little-known variety and turned it into an international superstar. A made-to-please wine—meaning all nuts and bolts are screwed tight in terms of color, aromatics and structure—it has tar, coffee, leather and velvety fullness in the mouth. Imported by Villa Italia.
— M.L.
(9/1/2005)
Arnaldo Caprai 1998 Collepiano Sagrantino (Sagrantino di Montefalco)
- $48
This Sagrantino is made in a New World style with fresh cedar, ripe blackberry, and blueberry fruit. A rich, intense mouthfeel touched off with dark chocolate makes for a truly delicious wine. —C.S.
— C.S.
(2/1/2003)
Arnaldo Caprai 1999 25 Anni Sagrantino (Sagrantino di Montefalco)
- Cellar Selection
- $100
This might be the quintessential Sagrantino. It’s jammed full of tobacco, cola, plum and blackberry aromas. Nothing disappoints after that; the palate is a blast of black fruit and cherry, while the finish hits squarely with rock-hard tannins as well as a delicious buttery oak note. Hold for more than five years for best results.
— M.S.
(10/1/2004)
Arnaldo Caprai 2000 Red (Montefalco)
- Editors' Choice
- $22
The color is dark and youthful, while the nose is at first earthy and dusty before opening to reveal a deep plum core. Dark cherry and plum fruit mixes with coffee on the palate, while the finish is perfectly broad and smooth, an appropriate epilogue to a fine, extracted, modern Sangiovese-based wine. Editors’ Choice. —M.S.
— M.S.
(2/1/2003)
Arnaldo Caprai 2001 Collepiano Sagrantino (Sagrantino di Montefalco)
- $55
There’s no mistaking that Caprai touch. Resin, dark chocolate, coffee bean and new oak in layer after layer from the man who put Montefalco on the enological map. Big on tannins but carefully structured, balanced and lacking the alcoholic burn of some of its contemporaries. Imported by Villa Italia.
— M.L.
(9/1/2005)
Arnaldo Caprai 2006 Riserva Red (Montefalco Rosso)
- Online Exclusive
- $45
A generous and lush blend of Sangiovese, Sagrantino and Merlot, this ruby red wine shows a soft, approachable side to Montefalco wines, which are usually known for hard tannins. You could pair this expression with pasta or grilled beef, thanks to its forthcoming aromas of black fruit, spice and dark chocolate.
— M.L.
(6/1/2012)
Arnaldo Caprai 1999 Collepiano Sagrantino (Sagrantino di Montefalco)
- $50
Sweet and spicy on the nose, with floral notes, perfume and then a blast of buttery oak. This wine pours on the black cherry and plum. On the finish a current of wood rips on through without so much as an “excuse me.” Oaky at first, but improves as it absorbs some air. Hold until 2005.
— M.S.
(10/1/2004)
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