Valdicava Brunello Riserva Madonna Del Piano 2016 (1.5L) Wine Seminar and a healthy dose of

and a healthy dose of peat on the nose

chalky minerality that lingers through the finish

The steep granite slopes of the northern Rhone make some of the world's greatest Syrah

These ancient vines flourish at 680 meters in the northern highlands of Arganza on clay and slate soils

Calcareous clay soils over Jurassic limestone create a slightly spicier

Valdicava Brunello Riserva Madonna Del Piano 2016 (1.5L) Wine Seminar and a healthy dose ofMadonna del Piano is Valdicava's flagship Riserva, drawn from the estate's finest parcels and given extended aging in large Slavonian oak. The 2016 is widely considered one of the great vintages of the modern era in Montalcino a near perfect growing season that delivered structure, perfume, and balance in equal measure. In magnum, with a slower evolution and a longer life ahead, this is Brunello at its most ambitious: built for decades in a serious