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Brunello Case Basse, Soldera

1987 · 2001
Origin
Montalcino, Tuscany
Grape
Sangiovese
Vintages held
1987 · 2001
Delivery
Insured and temperature-controlled to Switzerland

Quoted on request. We do not publish prices, and quantities are often one.

Gianfranco Soldera made Sangiovese with the stubbornness of a saint, left the consorzio, and lost six vintages to a vandal who opened his casks in 2012. What survives from before is scarce and extraordinary.

What the cellar holds

In the cellar: 1987 (six bottles), Intistieti 1987 and 1991, 2001 Riserva (six bottles, 100 points), 2006 magnum, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019 (100 points) and 2020.

Vintages in the cellar

Every wine of one year, for a birth year or an anniversary: Jahrgangsweine · Millésimes · Annate

Croian & Hein places bottles like this one with a small circle of collectors in Switzerland: discreetly, by appointment, and with the condition of every bottle described plainly before it travels.