Valdicava Brunello Riserva Madonna Del Piano 2019 (1.5L) NO20231101 and a bright

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from a distillery founded in 1869 by John Smith—former manager of both Macallan and Glenlivet

smoky bonfire and molasses loiter backstage

the Pinot reveals its delicate nose: red fruits and black fruits

Whether this is your first L'Assemblage or you're returning for round two

Valdicava Brunello Riserva Madonna Del Piano 2019 (1.5L) NO20231101 and a brightMadonna del Piano is Valdicava's flagship Riserva the estate's most ambitious bottling, drawn from its top parcels and aged longer in large Slavonian oak. The 2019 was a warm, generous vintage that produced ripe, opulent Brunello with abundant fruit and velvety tannins. Compared to the more classical 2016, the 2019 is the hedonist's vintage: more immediate, more luscious, more flattering early on, while still carrying the structural backbone to age