Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Soldera 1996

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Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Soldera 1996

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Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Soldera 1996

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75 cl

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£1,000.00

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Soldera’s 1996 Brunello di Montalcino has plenty of primary aromas, including black cherries, crushed black plums, blood orange, and dusty roses. Secondary and tertiary notes include hints of clove and cedar, roasted figs, bruised leaves and leather. The wine is dry, with soothing acidity, and gentle tannins that have softened over the years. The finish is long and very elegant.

1996

Red

Soldera Case Basse

Tuscany, Italy

Sangiovese

95 Vinous

Soldera’s 1996 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is in fine shape. I chose to serve it at this portion of our lunch as I thought the 1996 would be less interesting than the more important vintages of the 1990s, but that turned out to be only partly true. In another setting, the 1996 would have likely stolen the show. In this tasting, it is merely outstanding. Dark, powerful, yet also incredibly elegant, the 1996 offers a compelling interplay of dark-toned fruit wrapped into a muscular, tannic frame. Production was down sharply in 1996. As a result, Soldera bottled just one wine, a blend from the Case Basse and Intistieti vineyards. This is a superb bottle.Antonio Galloni27th June 2024

Soldera Case Basse

Visionary Brunello with natural purity

The late Gianfranco Soldera was a visionary producer of some the purest and most ethereal expressions of Brunello di Montalcino. A former insurance broker, Soldera purchased his Case Basse estate in 1972. Until his death in 2019 at the age of 82, he was a zealous guardian of its unique terroir and the wines it produced.

With his botanist wife, Graziella, Soldera created Case Basse as an extraordinary ecosystem, including a two-hectare botanical park with more than 1,500 unique rose varieties, and a habitat for insect species that predate on vine parasites – thus allowing Soldera to forgo pesticides in his vineyards.

Beyond terroir, Soldera believed that the most important element for creating truly great wines was time. In practice, this meant slow fermentations (for a month or more), solely of free-run juice only, in large old slavonian oak vats without temperature control, followed by extended maturation in the same vessels – lasting up to six years for the flagship riserva bottlings.

With their trademark structure, hedonistic richness and beguiling aromatics, the wines of Soldera are unmistakeable. To have the opportunity to taste one at the peak of its maturity (such as the exquisite 1990), is a rare pleasure.

Tuscany, Italy

Soldera Case Basse