Madonna del Piano is Valdicava’s flagship Riserva, drawn from the estate’s finest parcels and given extended aging in large Slavonian oak. The 2016 is widely considered one of the great vintages of the modern era in Montalcino a near-perfect growing season that delivered structure, perfume, and balance in equal measure. In magnum, with a slower evolution and a longer life ahead, this is Brunello at its most ambitious: built for decades in a serious cellar, and one of the wines that will define the vintage. A trophy bottle in every sense.