Brunello di Montalcino Greppo 2019

Description

Biondi Santi's Brunello di Montalcino is produced from the Greppo vineyards, which are between 10 and 25 years old. "La Riserva" instead comes from 25-year-old vines, only in exceptional harvests. It is a still red classified as DOCG Brunello di Montalcino, which can be considered the wine that wrote the history of the Montalcino denomination. Biondi Santi's Brunello di Montalcino is obtained from the lush Sangiovese Grosso vines, which grow within the eponymous estate, which boasts over 47 hectares of land. The harvest takes place around mid-September, and is done strictly by hand. After this initial operation, the long aging process begins; Vinification and aging take place in Slavonian oak barrels for at least three years, followed by further maturation in the bottle, which must rest in local cellars for at least another four months. However, the defining characteristic of this wine is its longevity, which allows it to remain in the cellars for up to a hundred years without negatively altering its organoleptic properties. The terroir also contributes to its prized qualities, characterized by marly soils and a climate that is temperate during the day and more crisp at night, with sunshine for over half the year. Known as a wine for special occasions, it has received numerous awards, making it famous throughout the world.

Details

Perfume

Intense, characteristic, delicate and harmonious bouquet, with a hint of vanilla and flowering vines.

Taste

A wine with a broad, warm and persistent flavour, great harmony and flavour. In the older Reserves a distinct hint of "goudron" and then "flint".

Serve at:

18 - 20 °C.

Longevity:

15 - 25 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

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

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Technical Sheet

Name	Biondi Santi Brunello di Montalcino Greppo 2019
Type	Red still
Denomination	Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
Vintage	2019
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	13.5% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Sangiovese
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Vendor	Biondi Santi
Origin	Montalcino (SI)
Climate	Exposure: south, south-east, east, north-east, north.
Soil composition	Of various origins, rich in skeleton. The best are the marly ones.
Wine making	In red at a controlled temperature.
Aging	3 years in Slavonian oak barrels.
Allergens	Contains sulphites