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Valdicava Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Madonna del Piano

Tracked vintages
23
Community notes
530
Merchant offers
79

What we know about this wine

Critics
97/ 1002019 · nearest vintage with a critic score
Real drinkers
92/ 100530 notes, every vintage
Market price
£136per 75 cl2019 · nearest vintage with a price · 6-bottle in-bond trade, February 2026
Drinking window
2021–2036peak2012 · nearest vintage with a window

Flavour and structure

What drinkers taste in this wine across its vintages, and how it is built: body, acidity, tannin and sweetness on a five-point scale, with the number of ratings behind them.

Structure from 353 community ratings, read 2026-08-12. Style: Italian Brunello.

Body3.4 / 5
LightFull
Acidity3.9 / 5
SoftCrisp
Tannin3.7 / 5
SmoothGrippy
Sweetness1.7 / 5
DrySweet
  • Earth · leather, earthy, mushroom, smoke, balsamic
  • Oak · tobacco, oak, chocolate, clove, cedar
  • Black fruit · blackberry, plum, black cherry, dark fruit, blueberry
  • Red fruit · cherry, red fruit, raspberry, red cherry, strawberry
  • Spice · licorice, pepper, mint, anise, cinnamon
  • Dried fruit · fig, raisin, dried fruit, prune, dried cranberry

Grapes: Sangiovese. Proportions are not recorded.

Descriptors are the words drinkers used most, grouped; counts are mentions. Tannin is shown only where it was measured.

Realised in-bond trades£67–£194GBP per 75 cl · 9 priced vintages

1997One point per priced vintage. Years with no price we can stand behind are not drawn.2019

Vintages

Each vintage has its own page with both scores, the drinking window and the merchant price range. The meter is the score on a 60-100 scale and its colour is where that vintage stands against its own drinking window. Prices are per 75cl, with the case size and month they were taken from.

  • Peakinside the middle half of its stated window
  • Drinkinginside its stated window
  • Past its windowits window has closed
  • Window not recordedthe vintage carries no window, so the meter shows its score alone
Best scored
2016
98 / 100 from a critic
Drinking now
2001
drinking, window 2008–2026
Lowest price
2003
£67 per 75 cl

Price by vintage

One monthly median per vintage, divided by the case size it was quoted in, so the bars are the same unit. These are our own aggregates, not offers: nobody will sell you a median.

Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Madonna del Piano monthly median by vintage, per 75cl£0£50£100£1502019£1362016£1422015£1382013£1162010£1452007£1332003£672001£1941997£135

Solid: a realised in-bond trade

Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Madonna del Piano monthly median by vintage, per 75cl · Each bar is one month of one SKU; the table below names the case size, the tape and the month behind every figure. 5 vintages are priced in a case size the merchant did not state, so no per-bottle figure is drawn for them
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Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Madonna del Piano monthly median by vintage, per 75cl
VintagePrice / 75clCritic scoreIn drink windowBasis
2019£13697.3—per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, February 2026
2016£14297.6—per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, March 2025
2015£13897—per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, February 2026
2013£11694.5—per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, June 2026
2010£14596.3—per 75cl, from a 1500 ml in-bond trade, March 2018
2007£13396.3—per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, March 2025
2003£6793Noper 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, November 2017
2001£19497.3Yesper 75cl, from a single-bottle in-bond trade, September 2016
1997£13593.8—per 75cl, from a 1500 ml in-bond trade, January 2019

Where to go next

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