BIONDI SANTI - BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 1998
Biondi Santi is located in Tuscany , Italy . The family estate was established in the 1930s and is said to have been the first to produce Brunello di Montalcino. Ferrucio Biondi Santi, during the oidium and phylloxera problems at the end of the 19th century, developed mass selections of his most resistant vines, then grafted them onto American rootstocks and continued to produce a red wine. aged in oak barrels from Sangiovese while other producers have stopped production or have turned to different styles of wine. Today the estate is run by Jacopo Biondi Santi and his sister Alessandra. The Biondi Santi vineyard has 25 hectares of Sangiovese , of which 5 hectares were planted between 1930 and 1972. They also have, since the 1990s, Castello di Montepo , an estate in Scansano in the Maremma Tuscany .
Brunello di Montalcino Annata is made from Sangiovese Grosso , whose vines aged 10 to 15 years are cultivated on rich stones of various origins. The wine is aged for 3 years in Slavonian oak barrels , with an additional 4 months aging in the bottle .
Grape variety: 100% Sangiovese Grosso