98pts 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.

97pts 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.

97pts 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.

97pts James Suckling

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. Best after 2027.

94pts Wine Spectator

This red feels open and juicy at first, with a vein of cherry, strawberry and floral flavors, before the firm edge of stiff tannins emerges. The underlying mineral element takes a little time to reveal itself but then defines the extended aftertaste. Best from 2028 through 2048.

About the Wine

The Biondi-Santi flagship wine, the Brunello di Montalcino embodies the spirit of Tenuta Greppo and then signature style of our winemakers, forged over 150 years of history with its balanced combination of fresh elegance, depth and aristocratic personality.

About the Winery

Biondi-Santi’s story begins in the mid-1800s, when Clemente Santi began isolating and studying a superior local clone of Sangiovese on the family’s Greppo estate in Montalcino. His nephew Ferruccio Biondi-Santi carried this innovation forward and, in 1888, produced the first wine labeled Brunello di Montalcino—a long-aged, pure Sangiovese wine unlike anything else in Tuscany. Through the 20th century, the family, especially Tancredi and later Franco Biondi-Santi, maintained a strict, traditional winemaking style: native yeasts, extended aging in large Slavonian oak casks, and an unwavering commitment to elegance and longevity. This philosophy earned Biondi-Santi a near-mythic reputation, with its Brunello Riservas considered among the most age-worthy wines in the world.

In the 21st century, the estate remained family-run until 2016, when the French luxury group EPI acquired a majority stake. They invested heavily in vineyard research, restoration of old vines, and modernization—without altering the signature classical style. Today, Biondi-Santi continues to produce highly sought-after Brunello and Riserva wines from its historic Greppo vineyards, blending tradition with careful innovation to preserve the estate’s iconic status in Montalcino.