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  • Country ranking ?

    220
  • Producer ranking ?

    5
  • Decanting time

    1h30min
  • When to drink

    now to 2025
  • Food Pairing

    skirt Steak with Pomegranate Sauce

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Soldera has been famous over the years for his “rules.”  It's long been said that he will welcome your visit to his Case Basse estate only if you share his “production and sales philosophy of enlightened agriculture.” He will sell wine to you, but only if you are approved because you “share the principles that have inspired his entrepreneurial policy.” Skeptics are unwelcome.

While some see this as arrogant, the fundamental truth is that hi...

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I think every vintage of Soldera ever was open upstairs, and having done a couple of significant tastings of this recently, I decided to do a flyby and taste a few. For those of you not familiar, Soldera is unquestionably the greatest producer of Brunello di Montalcino and one of the uniquely great wines of the world, standing out amongst the Tuscan crowd kind of like Vega Sicilia does for Ribera del Duero. The 1990 Soldera was (DQ) for me, which was a shame as it is one of the greatest Italian wines ever made. I sampled a few oldies, finding the 1985 Soldera “excellent” (93), the 1982 Soldera “outstanding” (95), and the surprising 1981 Soldera was “excellent plus,” aka (94). Dapper Dave agreed with me on the 1981 and 1982 being “the biggest surprises,” and also put the 1994 in that category, while adding, “most all showed well.”

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Origin

Siena, Montalcino

Vintage Quality

Outstanding

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Below Average

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