2015 Brunello Offer #2: 99 &100 Point Valdicava

99 AND 100 POINT VALDICAVA!

“We now have our second offer from the epic 2015 Brunello vintage and the wines are truly special. The 2015 Valdicava wines are Vincenzo Abruzzese’s masterpieces and he has been talking about these wines for the past four years as if they were his firstborn. With this vintage, Valdicava has produced its two highest-reviewed wines to date (their first 100 point that's not a Riserva and a 99 point Brunello). To mark the importance of the vintage, he has created a special bottle of Brunello that is 100% from the legendary Montosoli vineyard, the most important vineyard in Montalcino. The 2015 Valdicava Brunello di Montalcino Vigna Montosoli was only produced in a magnum format, in three packs, and only 150 three packs are being imported.

The classic 2015 Valdicava Brunello, the winery's finest yet, is another triumph and for those who love the wines of Valdicava, this is a must for the cellar. As you probably know, Valdicava is among Brunello's oldest and most important producers.

ABOUT THE 2015 BRUNELLO VINTAGE: To say that I’m thrilled about our 2015 Brunello offers is a huge understatement! 2015 was a stupendous vintage across Italy, and the Super Tuscans that were released over the past few years were some of the best ever. Now it is time for Tuscany’s crown jewels – Brunellos – to take center stage! The excitement about this vintage has been building for a while, and the early press is staggering, with James Suckling calling it a ‘fairy-tale vintage’ and a ‘historical year for Brunello di Montalcino that nobody should miss.’ Mother Nature delivered a perfect growing season, and the producers were ready for it! Many producers feel these are their best wines ever, with terrific depth and balance. We are just getting started with our offers; there will be many more wines to come over the next year. We will eventually get every Brunello you have come to love, and then some! Pricing has stayed relatively close to those of the past five vintages, making the 2015 Brunellos some of the greatest values in the wine world. As always, I suggest that you purchase those Brunellos you already know and love; they will be the finest example of Brunello that the estate has produced. Check our website for other 2015 Brunellos... and keep checking, because we’re getting new offers every week!” – Lance Montalto, The Wine House

These wines are due to arrive April 2020

HISTORY OF VALDICAVA

Authors since the fifteenth century have born witness to the fact that wine produced in the hills south of Siena was especially good, although the actual name Brunello didn’t appear until the end of the nineteenth century. This was thanks to Ferruccio Biondi Santi, who abandoned the practice of uvaggio (that is the practice of blending different grape varieties) in favor of making this wine, only using Sangiovese grapes. Thus was created a wine, not rough and ready like most wines of that period, but solid and serious, slow and noble, with a potential for improvement over time. In this way, the idea of drinking wine for pleasure replaced the hitherto common concept of wine as a means of sustenance. Martini Bramante, Vincenzo Abbruzzese’s grandfather bought the property in 1953 and began bottling Brunello Valdicava in 1968.

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