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 We do not publish prices, and quantities are often one.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

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.