Reviews
-Wine Spectator -
Technical Details
- Jacopo Biondi Santi
- Italy
- Tuscany
- Montalcino
- Brunello di Montalcino
- Tenuta Greppo
- Organic Practices
- Slavonian oak barrels
- 36 Months
- 14.0%
Biondi-Santi Tenuta Greppo Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2016
Organic Practices
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Biondi-Santi is the founding family of Brunello di Montalcino, and the 2016 Riserva carries a weight no future release ever will! It's the last vintage the Biondi-Santi family had a hand in before the estate passed to new ownership. Add to that a growing season that's remembered as one of the best Montalcino has seen in recent memory, and you have something truly magical and devastatingly hard to find. Crafted at the historic Tenuta Greppo estate from vines more than 25 years old, aged three years in oak and a further two in bottle before release, it rightfully earned a singing 98 points from Wine Spectator and is sure to last another decade or two in the cellar.
It’s giving the unmistakable Sangiovese signature of bright, lifted red cherry and wild strawberry threaded with dried rose, sweet tobacco leaf, walnut, and that touch of iron and blood-orange tang that gives great Brunello its energy. The tannins are fine-grained and beautifully polished, the acidity keeps the whole thing humming, and the finish just refuses to quit. It's elegant now and truly only getting better year by year. We have exactly 9 bottles for nearly half-off its compared price online, but they won’t be here for long and won’t be coming back for another round. What’s stopping you? Pour yourself a piece of delectable history!