Biondi-Santi

Montalcino · Siena (SI)

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Established

1888

Ferruccio Biondi Santi (building on Clemente Santi)

Yearly production

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estate (Tenuta Greppo, Montalcino)

Location

Tenuta Greppo, Montalcino, province of Siena — the hills of Montalcino, Tuscany

Siena (SI)

Vineyard area

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the Greppo vineyards on the Montalcino hills, planted to the estate's selection of Sangiovese Grosso ('BBS11') used to make Brunello

Appellations

Brunello di Montalcino DOCGRosso di Montalcino DOC

History

Biondi-Santi, at the Tenuta Greppo just outside Montalcino, is the estate that created Brunello di Montalcino. In the mid-19th century Clemente Santi made pioneering long-aged reds from pure Sangiovese; his grandson Ferruccio Biondi Santi isolated a superior Sangiovese Grosso selection and made the first true Brunello, with the 1888 vintage regarded as the founding Riserva.

For over a century the family — through Tancredi and then Franco Biondi Santi — defined Brunello as a monumental, austere, extraordinarily age-worthy wine, and the estate's oldest Riservas (1888, 1891, 1925, 1945…) are among the most legendary bottles in Italian wine. The house style favours restraint, high acidity and decades of ageing potential.

The estate makes the Brunello di Montalcino Annata and the flagship Brunello Riserva, alongside a Rosso di Montalcino — all built on the Greppo Sangiovese Grosso. It remains the historic reference point of the appellation.

Wines

Illustrative selection

Brunello di Montalcino Riserva

Brunello di Montalcino DOCG · Sangiovese (Sangiovese Grosso)

The legendary long-lived flagship; the oldest vintages are icons of Italian wine.

Brunello di Montalcino (Annata)

Brunello di Montalcino DOCG · Sangiovese (Sangiovese Grosso)

The estate's classic Brunello.

Rosso di Montalcino

Rosso di Montalcino DOC · Sangiovese

The younger-drinking Montalcino red.

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