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Select members like yourself are getting access to highly coveted and extremely allocated Soldera Case Basse Sangiovese. The newest 2020 vintage has just landed stateside—and we’re working with bottles, not cases, of this legendary cult bottling.

Act fast: bottles arrive in August, and it’s best to ship orders out later in September.

The brainchild and master behind Soldera was Gianfranco Soldera, a visionary winemaker whose obsessive pursuit of quality made him a legend in the wine world. Gianfranco passed in 2019, and the torch was passed to Monica Soldera, her husband Gianpaolo Franco, and her brother Mauro. This trio has retained the guiding principles of biodiversity, extreme selection, and non-interventionist winemaking.

If Soldera had been based in Burgundy or Napa, his wines would have achieved even greater fame. Still, he remained a cult figure whose wines are now recognized globally for their brilliance.

Last year, Antonio Galloni conducted a retrospective of 46 vintages. He called it:

“One of the greatest tastings I have ever been a part of… In front of 46 spectacular Sangioveses… what is there to say? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. It’s all in the glass.”

Collector Reference Points:

• The average retail price for Soldera vintages between 2013 and 2017 is approximately $850 per bottle.

• In 2024, the highest auction price paid for a Soldera labeled as Brunello di Montalcino Riserva was €1,188 (~$1,290 USD) for the 2001 vintage. This ranked it third among top Italian wines sold that year, just behind Masseto 2001 and Barolo Monfortino Riserva 2004.

Part of the cult allure is the history of the label. Soldera wasn’t always labeled as “Sangiovese Toscana IGP”—it was once Brunello di Montalcino DOCG. Gianfranco had long-standing disagreements with the Brunello Consorzio regarding vineyard and winemaking standards. He believed his wines were more rigorous and pure than what the DOCG governing body required, and that the Brunello label no longer reflected the integrity he demanded.

Then came the sabotage debacle of December 2012, when a disgruntled former employee broke into the cellar and destroyed over 60,000 liters of wine—six vintages gone. Soldera refused donations from the Consorzio and publicly severed ties.

The 2006 vintage, released in 2013, marked the rebirth of Soldera as “Toscana IGP,” giving Gianfranco full freedom to define his own standards for aging and viticulture, without DOCG constraints. His wines remain 100% Sangiovese Grosso from Montalcino, crafted to standards that soar above Brunello di Montalcino DOCG with uncompromising quality.

Press Accolades:

96-99 Points, Jeb Dunnuck:

“Tasted from a 65-hectoliter cask, the 2020 Sangiovese is plush and fruity at this stage, although it’s starting to reveal its mineral underpinnings, with dark blackberry notes, graphite, and violets. Medium to full-bodied, it offers a velvety texture, with ripe and refined tannins, a good deal of meaty richness through the mid-palate, and a seamless structure. There’s both purity and refinement across each of the samples tasted. The 2020 showed a good deal of completeness already prior to bottling and I expect it will have a good deal of cellaring potential.”