Reviews & Scores
Truffley, distinctly agricultural (in the way of Sangiovese) nose. Very concentrated yet super-refreshing at the same time. Some saline quality. The acidity played games being rather prominent when the wine was first tasted, then it retreated for the main drinking period, and then returned about 40 minutes or an hour. Very slight dustiness on the finish and enormous zest. - JR
JR19
I am fortunate to taste many of the world’s most iconic wines, but Soldera is a producer with whom I have scant experience. The 2001 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva from Soldera is blessed with a heart-stopping nose as if the aromas wrap their loving arms around your senses, so warm and inviting with its disarming pastille-like red fruit tinged with blood orange and bunches of violet, earthenware and lavender surfacing with time. Sensual saturated tannins, silky smooth in texture with astonishing depth, frame the palate. Perfectly balanced with a fresh and delineated finish that becomes Burgundian with time. This wine is clearly still in ascent after 22 years. - VM
VM97
Soldera's 2001 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is just as it was when I tasted it from barrel last year, which is to say monumental. This silky-textured Brunello offers an array of crushed flowers, spices and deeply-layered dark red fruit in a style that manages to be both delicate and powerful at the same time. Deceptively medium-bodied at this stage, it appears to be holding back much of its potential but will be a remarkable wine in another decade or so. This is a superb effort from Montalcino's most eccentric producer. - WA
WA96