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2009 Brunello di Montalcino

Wine Details
Producer

Valdicava

Place of Origin

Italy

Montalcino

Tuscany

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Sangiovese

Vintages
2020201920172016201520132012201020092008200720062005200420032001199919981997199519931991
Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Drinking Window

2015 - 2021

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Proprietor Vincenzo Abbruzzese makes some of the richest Brunellos readers will come across. The straight Brunello is a blend of the estate's parcels, while the Madonna del Piano is a single-vineyard wine. Both Brunellos are aged in cask. In the cellar, the young wines always exude notable class and personality, but in some vintages, my feeling is that there is a loss of freshness during aging that is greater than what one might expect to see with the passage of time. The 2010s have turned out beautifully, while the 2009s, which I tasted again are inline with the overall quality of a challenging vintage. Readers who like big, powerful Brunellos will find plenty to admire here. My own personal preference is to drink these wines starting around age ten, which is when most of the top-flight vintages start to shine. Valdicava remains a small, family-owned property with deep roots tied to the land.

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It's always fascinating to taste in the cellar with proprietor Vincenzo Abbruzzese at Valdicava. Abbruzzese has a number of exciting wines in the cellar right now, but the current release Brunellos are pretty much inline with the general quality of the year, which is to say they are solid but unexciting wines.