Valdicava Brunello Riserva Madonna Del Piano 2006 (1.5L) Consignment A wine from vines planted

A wine from vines planted before World War One by someone named Édouard—and it tastes like history with attitude

The result is a Chardonnay with real cut and chalky energy

or on ice with orange

and Emmanuelle works it traditionally: 100% whole-cluster fermentation

where the Geoffray family has perfected organic

Valdicava Brunello Riserva Madonna Del Piano 2006 (1.5L) Consignment A wine from vines plantedMadonna del Piano is Valdicava's flagship Riserva a selection from the estate's best parcels, aged longer in large Slavonian oak, and released only in great vintages. The 2006 is now squarely in its mature drinking window: a library condition magnum from a classic, structured Brunello vintage that has aged into a tertiary symphony of dried cherry, leather, tobacco, and forest floor. This is what people mean when they talk about why Brunello can age