Die Einzellagen-Selektion Vigna La Casaccia stellt ein neues Kapitel in der langen Geschichte des Weinguts dar Canalicchio di Sopra dar. Der Vigna La Casaccia steht dabei für Francesco Rippaciolis Wunsch, die Einzigartigkeit eines Weinbergs zu würdigen, der seine starke Identität und seine Qualität auch in unterschiedlichsten Jahrgängen immer wieder zum Ausdruck bringt. Es handelt sich um einen Einzellagenwein aus dem Canalicchio-Gebiet, einer der interessantesten Unterzonen im Nordosten von Montalcino. Die Lage ist etwas mehr als zwei Hektar groß und verfügt über dichte, mineralhaltige Lehmböden, die dem Wein mehr Kraft, Opulenz, einen tieferen Schwerpunkt und gleichzeitig Frische verleihen. Die Reben wurden im Jahr 1990 gepflanzt.
98/100 Vinous.com, reviewed by Eric Guido The 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna La Casaccia opens slowly, youthfully coy and restrained. Swirling unlocks dusty red currants, exotic spice, cocoa and a minty freshness that keeps the glass in constant motion. It flows across the palate with textures of pure silk, still lifted as it always was, but now with more bassy notes of balsam herbs and dark black cherries. Its minerality comes through the finish, caking the palate with chalky concentration as dark chocolate complicates a saturation of primary red fruits. This is a wine for the ages.
96/100 RobertParker.com, Reviewed by Monica Larner, Drink Date: 2021 – 2042 This is a newish single-vineyard wine (it’s the second vintage) created by Francesco Ripaccioli and the team at Canalicchio di Sopra at the conclusion of an ambitious estate-wide mapping project. The 2016 Brunello di Montalcino La Casaccia draws its fruit from a two-hectare site planted in 1990 with clay soils and rich in mineral components. A precious 4,133 bottles were made. What I like most is the tightness of the fruit, which you chip away at slowly as the wine softens and yields in the glass. Each layer brings you forest fruit, sour cherry, almond, lilac and candied orange peel. On a second swirl, you might get black olive, bay leaf and scorched earth. There are subtle mineral notes, but what La Casaccia ultimately offers is that uniquely compact and extremely polished quality of fruit.
