Biondi Santi - Tenuta Greppo

Brunello di Montalcino 2019

Kaum ein Name ist so eng mit der Geschichte des Brunello di Montalcino verbunden wie Biondi-Santi. Auf der Tenuta Greppo entstand im 19. Jahrhundert jener Stil, der die Appellation bis heute prägt. Der Brunello 2019 führt dieses Erbe eindrucksvoll fort: Feinheit steht hier über Kraft, Präzision über Opulenz. Die Verbindung aus seidigen Tanninen, vibrierender Frische und außergewöhnlicher Tiefe verleiht dem Wein eine fast schwerelose Eleganz, die nur die größten Brunelli erreichen. Ein Klassiker mit enormem Reifepotenzial und einer zeitlosen, unverwechselbaren Handschrift.

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.

Very perfumed and fragrant with sweet berries and fresh roses that follow through to a medium body with pretty depth of fruit and balance. Racy and driven, there’s a lot going on in the center-palate. The legend lives. Give this a few years to open, but already impressive.

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 annata, one can only imagine what the riserva will reveal.