Case Basse di Gianfranco Soldera

Azienda Agricola Case Basse di Gianfranco Soldera, commonly referred to as Case Basse or Soldera, is an Italian wine producer located in Montalcino, Tuscany, producing highly priced wine declared under DOCG Brunello di Montalcino.

[1][2] Gianfranco Soldera, a former insurance broker from Milan, bought the Case Basse property in 1972, at the time in a run-down state, with an aim to produce exceptional Brunello.

[9][10][11][12][13][14] Despite local theories that the vandalism was retribution for Soldera's role in the 2008 "Brunellopoli scandal", Siena police arrested former Case Basse employee Andrea Di Gisi on December 18 after he confessed to the sabotage.

[7] With his wife, Graziella, a botanist, Soldera built hundreds of nests and beehives that provide shelter for species that predate on vine parasites.

[6] Case Basse winery ferments in wooden vats with no temperature control and no selected yeasts, and its Brunello is aged in large Slavonian oak casks for up to six years.