2006 Valdicava Brunello di Montalcino

Sangiovese Grosso - 750ML
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REVIEWS

JS 97 WA 95 WS 95 WE 94
JS 97

jamessuckling.com, January 2011

Love the nose on this with blackberries sweet tobacco blueberries. Full body with soft and silky tannins and a light jammy finish. Lots of dark fruits. Long finish. Loads going on in this one. Give it three to five years...
WA 95

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, May 2011

95+ The 2006 Brunello di Montalcino flows with gorgeous layers of dark red fruit. This is one of the more muscular virile wines of the vintage. Slow to reveal its character the Valdicava Brunello will require...
WS 95

Wine Spectator, July 2011

Though rich and round the cherry black currant and violet flavors in this Brunello are pure and focused. This is beautifully textured displaying bright acidity and refined tannins that drive the long mineral aftertaste...
WE 94

Wine Enthusiast, April 2011

Rich and complex with a long aging future ahead, this beautiful Brunello from Valdicava offers tight, crisp acidity, solid tannins and a bouquet that is richly packed with black fruit, cherry, spice and tobacco aromas...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Sangiovese Grosso
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Sub-region Brunello di Montalcino
Vintage 2006
Size 750ML
Percent alcohol 14%
Closure Cork

One of the oldest estates producing Brunello di Montalcino, Valdicava is located in the Montosoli area, famous in Montalcino for wines with great balance of body and aroma. Vincenzo Abbruzzese, owner and winemaker, has been making wine at Valdicava for more than 30 years. He and his family have long-crafted Sangiovese masterpieces, and their Brunellos are considered a benchmark - among the finest in the region. Vincenzo is known to be one of the masters of Brunello due to his passion and intense dedication to the vineyard, and clinical attention to detail at each step of the wine-making process.

Nearly 67 of the 333 acres of the property are dedicated to vines, all strictly Sangiovese. Martini Bramante, Vincenzo Abbruzzese’s grandfather, bought the property in 1953 and began bottling “Brunello Valdicava” in 1968. Today, with the help of Valdicava’s agronomist, Andrea Paoletti, and oenologist Attillio Paglio, Vincenzo has succeeded in bringing his wines to the next level and in establishing a stellar reputation.

Valdicava's philosophy is to work more in the vineyards to express balance and terroir. They like to produce a Brunello that represents the best tradition in structure and aromatics with more elegance, harmony, and fruit. Grapes from their Poggio, Pievecchina, Pratea and Sferracavallo vineyards provide for their primary wine, Valdicava Brunello di Montalcino.