• Biondi Santi Brunello di Montalcino Greppo 2018
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Biondi Santi Tuscany Brunello di Montalcino

Biondi Santi

Biondi Santi Brunello di Montalcino Greppo 2018

Red still

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  • Biondi Santi Brunello di Montalcino Greppo 2018
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Biondi Santi Tuscany Brunello di Montalcino
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Denomination Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 13.5% by volume
Area Tuscany (Italy)
Grape varieties 100% Sangiovese
Aging Thanks to the perfect organoleptic characteristics, the long ageing in slavonian oak casks and the long ageing in the bottle, Brunello Biondi Santi is a wine of great longevity, even over a hundred years. The grapes (Sangiovese grosso) for normal Brunello, that we call “Annata”, grow in the over 10 year old vineyards of “Greppo”.
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Awards

  • 2018

    5

    Italian Sommelier Foundation (FIS) guide This has been one of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy for over 10 years.

  • 2018

    95

    /100

    Decanter is a wine and lifestyle magazine, published monthly in around 90 countries. The magazine includes industry news, classic guides and advice on wine and spirits.

  • 2018

    3

    This guide is highly respected and offers the most comprehensive review of Italian wines. It has a long tradition and is based on blind tastings carried out by over 100 experts.

  • 2018

    95

    /100

    Vinous is the online guide from Antonio Galloni, one of the world's leading wine connoisseurs.

  • 2018

    93

    /100

    Wine spectator is the most influential wine guide on the internet.

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Perfume

Perfume

Intense delicate and harmonious bouquet, with a light scent of vanilla and flowering vineyards. In well-aged bottles of Riserva there is a scent of “goudron” and “flint”.

Taste

Taste

It is a wine of ample taste, warm and persistent, of great harmony and flavour.

Serve at:

18 - 20 °C.

Longevity:

15 - 25 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Full Bodied and Very Aged Red Wines

Producer
Biondi Santi
From this winery
  • Start up year: 1825
  • Oenologist: Federico Radi
  • Bottles produced: 70.000
  • Hectares: 32
Because of the geological make-up of its hills and the microclimate of the surroundings Montalcino is one of the oldest and most perfect wine growing regions of Italy. As far back as the XVI century Frà Leandro Alberti said that Montalcino was “famous for the good wines they grow on these delightful hills”. However, international fame arrived with Brunello di Montalcino, which was created at the end of the XIX century by Ferruccio Biondi Santi. Building on the experience of his grandfather Clemente Santi, who was an authority in agricultural issues of the Sienese region and a skilful viticulturist, and driven by his own intuition, he selected a particular clone of the Sangiovese grape (the Sangiovese grosso) on his estate “Greppo”. These grapes, purely vinified, were the beginning of a new typification of Tuscan wines.

“Greppo” lies on a range of hills in the Southeast of Montalcino at an altitude of about 500 meters and has a soil composition and microclimate particularly suited to the production of ageworthy and perfumed red wines. The size of the vineyards, all dedicated to produce Brunello, is 19 hectares, and they yield grapes of very high quality. The son of Ferruccio, Tancredi, a capable viticulturist and well-known oenologist in his own right, officially typified Brunello, established the foundations for the future appellation system in Italy. He launched the wine on the market and, within about ten years, achieved great commercial success and recognition for his work as a farsighted expert. A true legend of wine was born.

The Brunello di Montalcino of “Greppo” is one of the most long-lived wines of the world. Today, Tancredi’s son Franco Biondi Santi produces about seventy thousand bottles a year. He exports his wine worldwide and keeps in his cellar bottles of Brunello Riserva going back all the way to 1888. A slow ageing wine, the Brunello Biondi Santi evolves with the passing of the years and develops extraordinary perfumes and flavours while always remaining lively and persistent.

Burton Anderson defined the Brunello Biondi Santi as a “wine for meditation”: very persistent, giving off delicate perfumes even after the glass is already empty. Very long-lasting perfumes and flavours and of incomparable harmony. A wine that must be savoured in the right surroundings, at the right temperature and with the proper preparation for serving. Read more
Production area: Tuscany
Tuscany
Biondi Santi

Best with: roasted meat, wild game, Parmesan or ripe sheep cheese

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Name Biondi Santi Brunello di Montalcino Greppo 2018
Type Red still
Denomination Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
Vintage 2018
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 13.5% by volume
Grape varieties 100% Sangiovese
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Vendor Biondi Santi
Origin Montalcino (Siena)
Climate Exposure:South, South-East, East, North-East, North.
Soil composition Various origins, rich in stones. The best are the ones rich in marl.
Wine making In temperature-controlled red.
Aging Thanks to the perfect organoleptic characteristics, the long ageing in slavonian oak casks and the long ageing in the bottle, Brunello Biondi Santi is a wine of great longevity, even over a hundred years. The grapes (Sangiovese grosso) for normal Brunello, that we call “Annata”, grow in the over 10 year old vineyards of “Greppo”.
Allergens Contains sulphites