Valdicava Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 'Madonna del Piano' 2013 - 1.5 Litre Bottle

98 Points - James Suckling

This opens with savoury, truffle and meaty aromas with a complex and quite cryptic nose that delivers a wealth of ripe plums and cherries, cedar and fresh, violet-like flowers, as well as some earthy nuances. The palate has a very sturdy, intense and power-charged core of rich plums and dark cherries framed in quite fierce tannins that are so long. Super Brunello Riserva here with great potential. Try from 2022. 

96 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Showing ripe and balanced fruit, the Valdicava 2013 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Madonna del Piano (with 15,666 bottles produced) offers many very positive attributes. The wine flaunts a slightly contemporary or international side, and it does so with extreme confidence and elegance. Much of that natural balance comes directly from the classic vintage that exhibits the structure and acidity necessary for prolonged cellar aging. Now, in the wine's youngest phase, it offers lush primary cherry and blackberry flavours, followed carefully by measured spice, toast, and red rose potpourri.

94 Points - Wine Enthusiast

Earthy aromas of wild berries, new leather, truffle and exotic spice emerge from the glass. The concentrated, vibrant palate delivers dried black cherry, licorice, tobacco and black pepper alongside fine-grained tannins. Drink 2022–2029.

93 Points - Wine Spectator

Ripe, offering cherry, plum and floral aromas and flavours matched to a rich texture. Tobacco and iron notes emerge as this builds to a lengthy finish. A touch dry on the finish, but the sweet fruit returns in the end—best from 2022 through 2038. 

92 Points - Vinous

Deep ruby. A slightly reticent nose hints at black cherry, herbs and flint. Then juicy and bright, with deep flavours of minerals, blueberry and red cherry, complicated by peppery herbs. Closes long with repeating mineral nuances. A sleeping giant, the fruit is having a tough time emerging currently, but I'd say there's plenty there, just lying beneath the wine's noble tannic cloak. Cellar this very refined Brunello for five or six years to see how it develops.