Soldera (Case Basse) - Case Basse Soldera Rosso IGT 2016 750ml (750ml)

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Producer	Soldera (Case Basse)
Country	Italy
Region	Toscana
Varietal	Sangiovese (Grosso)
Vintage	2016
Sku	RD11903
Size	750ml

 

Gianfranco Soldera is regarded by many as the most accomplished craftsman of Brunello—a fanatical, uncompromising perfectionist who operates something of a viticultural wonderland, presenting nature in an idealized context. Terroir is the word at Soldera’s Case Basse estate. He set out to find a great piece of land—scouring Piemonte, the Veneto, and Toscana—and settled at an abandoned, decrepit Montalcino farmhouse in 1972, planting his minute plots, Case Basse (approximately 2 hectares) and Intistieti (approximately 4.5), over a two-year period (1972 and ’73, respectively). He chose to plant Sangiovese exclusively, believing it to be the only grape that possessed a genuine synergy with the land.What he’s done with that Sangiovese has become Montalcino’s most captivating modern legend, a tale that is set in a magical kingdom of sorts….The Case Basse estate effectually constitutes an idyllic habitat, one which has been designed to operate in a state of continuous balance, honore