Valdicava Brunello di Montalcino 2016 750ml (750ml)

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Producer	Valdicava
Country	Italy
Region	Toscana
Varietal	Sangiovese (Grosso)
Vintage	2016
Sku	RD11391
Size	750ml

 

The Valdicava 2016 Brunello di Montalcino shows a subtle bouquet that needs extra time to open. Wild cherry, toasted almond and even a touch of sweet apple or orange peel distinguish the bouquet. The tannins are firm and young, but all they need is extra time to evolve. This Brunello takes its time, but it inches over the senses with carefully increasing intensity.

In his youth Vincenzo Abbruzzese spent summers working at Valdicava, his grandparents' winery in northern Montalcino. His grandmother bought these gentle slopes in 1953 and with her husband planted the first vines here. However, her son left home for Siena, where Vincenzo was born and raised. Abbruzzese cultivated an avid interest in science and chose an engineering track when he began his university studies in Florence. Graduation was finally approaching in 1987 when his grandfather announced the intention to sell Valdicava; Vincenzo's eyes opened to a new future, and when he left Florence for Montalcino he did not look back. Abbruzzese was well aware of the challenges that faced him. The property was pleading for drastic improvements and the young man had hardly any capital of his own; but he was a dedicated worker and promptly began a series of improvements that would shape Valdicava into the top quality winery he envisioned. Vincenzo's systematic changes have earned Valdicava a pla