Valdicava Brunello Riserva Madonna Del Piano 2019 (1.5L) NO20231101 It begins with a burst

It begins with a burst of spice and delicately warms to a creamy richness with sweet notes of syrup and fruit

Or maybe an Old Fashion

the Pinot reveals its delicate nose: red fruits and black fruits

smoky bonfire and molasses loiter backstage

and dried cassis territory while the core of Pauillac graphite stays firmly in place

Valdicava Brunello Riserva Madonna Del Piano 2019 (1.5L) NO20231101 It begins with a burstMadonna del Piano is Valdicava's flagship Riserva the estate's most ambitious bottling, drawn from its top parcels and aged longer in large Slavonian oak. The 2019 was a warm, generous vintage that produced ripe, opulent Brunello with abundant fruit and velvety tannins. Compared to the more classical 2016, the 2019 is the hedonist's vintage: more immediate, more luscious, more flattering early on, while still carrying the structural backbone to age