Brunello Dinner
A Visitor from Montalcino
Saturday, January 23rd, 2008
Traditional-style Brunello producer Francesco Ripaccioli, of the small, very fine estate Canalicchio di Sopra, will spend the evening with us. Whereas his wines will be available throughout the dining room, we are also offering limited seating with Francesco where guests will dine with him, taste his wine, and talk about Brunellos in general and Canalicchio in particular.
At the winemaker’s table we’ll taste:
-the current release 2004 Rosso di Montalcino
-tastes of two great Brunello riservas: 1995 and 1999
-two excellent Brunello normales: 1998 and 1999
-and finally, we’ll taste the 2001 Brunello riserva along side the 2001 normale
Chef Canales has just begun to marinate Magruder grass fed beef in Canaliccho Rosso di Montalcino as a featured dish for our dinner tonight.
About the family: peasant sharecroppers until the 1950s, the family acquired a small property, began to make their own wines, helped establish the Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino in 1967, and is now one of a very few traditional-style Brunello makers remaining. Their wines are quite wonderful.
There’s a very sweet story about the winery on their website.







