For nearly 50 years, Tenuta Caparzo has been recognized as one of the great names of Montalcino with La Casa being the signature of the estate, receiving top ratings from the most respected wine critics worldwide.

Established in the late 1960s, Tenuta Caparzo is recognized as one of Montalcino’s eminent pioneering producers, and its distinguished career has been marked by the acquisition of quality-driven sites representing distinctive terroirs. Foremost among these nuanced expressions are Caparzo’s holdings in the northeastern area of Montosoli, the source of its single-vineyard La Casa bottling. This cru rendering not only constitutes the estate flagship, but serves as one of the region’s most historic productions. Sourced from merely five hectares of land (comprised predominantly of schist, sandstone, and loose deposits of shale), La Casa’s tannic structure provides for an extensive aging period—one that will exceed three decades effortlessly and may, given vintage conditions, realize a prodigious evolution of 50 years. La Casa’s current aging regimen (instituted in 1995) comprises 12 months in French barriques and 18 months in French oak barrels.

As with its younger Montalcino counterparts featured today, La Casa maintains a very low profile in the States, with only 100 cases of the 2000 vintage having been imported. The 2001 represents one of the best values from the vintage—a year that has already been deemed of historic significance. The favorable exposure of the vines, the particular geology of the terrain, and careful selection of the grapes ensure that the La Casa vineyard consistently yields great wine with a structure ideal for long and rewarding ageing.