Valdicava, Brunello Montalcino Riserva Madonna Piano

Valdicava, Brunello Montalcino Riserva Madonna PianoA full bodied, firm and chewy wine with very polished and caressing, juicy tannins. Shows youth and prowess in its structure. Flavorful and persistent. Drink now, but better in two or three years.

Deep purple to the rim with an exquisite nose of blueberries

intense and beautifully stony medium weight flavors exhibit focused power on the long and chiseled finish where the wood telegraphed by the nose reemerges

the wine holds its own as one of the most beautiful in the entire appellation and one of the best in the somewhat lackluster vintage

cherry pit

rich and relatively forward flavors that possess a generous mid-palate though the vibrant and stony finish immediately tightens up

As good as the prior grands crus are

(91-93)/2013+

Fleshes out with air while maintaining liveliness and finishes bright

The caressing and strikingly well detailed middle weight flavors are impressively rich yet precise and this too evidences plenty of minerality on the powerful

it is evident that the old vines bring with them a certain gravitas of tannin

While clearly firmly structured

earth and plenty of floral influences