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Tenuta Greppo Biondi-Santi Brunello di Montalcino 2019

Reviews

99 -Falstaff -

98 -Jeb Dunnuck -

A bright red color, the 2019 Brunello Di Montalcino was bottled in March of 2024 and will be released in March of 2025. The aromas are layered and complex with notes of red berries, cranberries, rosemary, orange peel, and black licorice that are constantly evolving in the glass as it opens. Medium-bodied and structured, but also elegant with a weightless feel, it has a long and savory finish. It feels as though it's going to gain in intensity with more time in bottle. Drink 2027-2050.

97 -James Suckling -

97 -Decanter -

After cold, wet spring delayed flowering, northern winds and some rain tempered the summer heat, ahead of harvest starting on 14 September. A great vintage for Brunello, proclaims viticulture and winemaking director Federico Radi (who started at the estate in 2017) this is a vivacious, lively wine, with great freshness allied to a pliable structure. Orange peel, violet, rose, bay leaf and exotic spice notes run through the rich berry fruit supported by textured black-tea tannins. Vinified using a pied de cuve (indigenous yeast from the vineyard used as a fermentation starter) in oak barrels, concrete and stainless steel tanks, then aged in Slavonian oak barrels for 30 months. RADI'S RECAP: Dynamic, balsamic, enticing and floral.

97 -Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -

This wine will be released in March 2025. The Biondi-Santi 2019 Brunello di Montalcino was born in a generous vintage that provided abundant high-quality fruit. The growing season became progressively warmer throughout summer, without heat spikes, and it ended with well-timed rains and a warm autumn. Harvest started in mid-September, and the grapes ripened according to the right parameters without over-ripeness. The wine shows a natural textural richness that is supported by dark fruit, navel orange, tobacco, laurel leaf and Mediterranean herb. There are flinty mineral notes that add to the complexity. This beautiful wine hits a special mark: it offers the ethereal qualities you expect of this celebrated estate, with a good level of austerity to match.

97 -Vinous -

The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino pulls the taster close to the glass, darkly floral and balsamic at the first tilt. This blossoms with a textbook profile of worn leather, dried rose, dusty earth, spice and dried black cherry. It sweeps across the palate, silky-smooth with hints of ripe red and black fruit underscored by saline mineral tones that add a crunchy yet salty sensation toward the close. It finishes with tremendous length and concentration, lifted by a tinge of sour citrus. Fine-grained tannins resonate under an air of sweet lavender. The 2019 is classic to the core. With this level of depth coming from the anatta, one can only imagine what the riserva will reveal.

94 -Wine Spectator -

Technical Details

Blend 100% Sangiovese
Winemaker Jacopo Biondi Santi
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Appellation Brunello di Montalcino
Farming Method Organic Practices
Oak Slavonian oak barrels
Fermentation Indigenous Yeast, Concrete, Stainless Steel and large Oak vats
Aging / Cooperage Aged in large Slavonian oak casks (botti)
Alcohol 13.5%

Tenuta Greppo Biondi-Santi Brunello di Montalcino 2019

Name: Tenuta Greppo Biondi-Santi Brunello di Montalcino 2019
Brand: First Bottle
SKU: 1013469
Price: 224.95 USD
Availability: InStock

Sangiovese | Tuscany

FS99, JD98, JS97, DC97, WA97, VN97, WS94

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$360.00

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There is no more storied name in Brunello di Montalcino than Biondi-Santi. The family at Tenuta Il Greppo did not simply make great wine at their estate; they more or less invented the category, with Ferruccio Biondi-Santi isolating and cultivating the Brunello clone of Sangiovese in the late 19th century and pioneering the wine's capacity for remarkable aging. To open a bottle of Biondi-Santi Brunello is to drink history, and the estate's oldest vintages remain among the most collectible wines in all of Italy.

The 2019 is a generous, complex vintage that brought abundant high-quality fruit to Montalcino, and Biondi-Santi has channeled it into something both expressive and classically restrained. Critics have uniformly praised it: 99 points from Falstaff, 98 points from Jeb Dunnuck and Vanessa Conlin MW, and 97 points apiece from Wine Advocate (Monica Larner), James Suckling, and Vinous (Eric Guido). Suckling called it "very perfumed and fragrant... the legend lives," while Guido described it as "classic to the core," with "silky-smooth" texture and "tremendous length." The Wine Palate praised its "gorgeously sleek and sophisticated" palate with a "seamless finish" that reveals itself over many minutes.

This is a wine for the cellar (best after 2027 per most critics), but it is also one of those Brunellos that rewards patience ten times over. With scores this high, pedigree this deep, and a discount from retail that rarely materializes for the flagship Biondi-Santi, this is an opportunity serious Brunello collectors should not overlook. Free shipping on 1 or more.

About The Producer

Biondi-Santi, founded in 1865 by the visionary Ferruccio Biondi Santi, is a cornerstone of Italian winemaking and a beacon of excellence in Montalcino, Tuscany. It is a rare phenomenon for a wine to owe its very existence to a single individual, but Brunello di Montalcino is an extraordinary exception. Ferruccio Biondi Santi not only crafted the first Brunello in 1888 but also set the stage for what would become one of Italy's most prestigious wine denominations. The Biondi-Santi legacy is carried forward by subsequent generations, including notable winemakers Tancredi and Franco Biondi-Santi, who have upheld the family’s tradition of producing wines renowned for their elegance and extraordinary longevity. Today, the estate remains dedicated to this tradition, producing wines that are celebrated for their depth, complexity, and remarkable aging potential.

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