95pts Wine Enthusiast

The Biondi Santi Rosso di Montalcino does everything the category should, over-delivering in terms of sophistication, depth, and simple pleasure. What a stellar way to get a taste of the magic that comes from the historic Tenuta Greppo.

94pts James Suckling

A super-restrained wine showing complex aromas of rhubarb, strawberries, violets, raspberries and blood oranges. The attack is quite ripe, with dense, velvety tannins soaked in fruit, a medium body and refreshing lifted acidity. The finish is long and savory. Drink or hold.

93pts Vinous

Classic to the core and youthfully intense, the 2022 Rosso di Montalcino slowly evovles with a bouqet of dried roses, mint-laced strawberries and nuances of worn leather. It's initially soft in texture but quickly firms up through a core of tart red berry fruits that saturate. Chewy minerality adds complexity toward the close. The acidity is on point, nicely balancing the concentration of the vintage. That said, the tannins are a bit forbidding at this stage, so give the 2022 a few years in the cellar.

91pts Wine Spectator

Offers ample fruit in the form of cherry, strawberry and red currant notes accented by tar, iron and eucalyptus. Firmly structured, tense and elegant, with a solid grip on the long finish.

Winemaker Notes

The 2022 was characterized by a dry and warm autumn, followed by a winter with few precipitation mainly concentrated in the second half of February. These conditions persisted into spring, with no rain and a gradual increase in temperatures which became quite high during the summer. The second half of August, however, was marked by some rainfall, which, along with a good temperature range, created optimal conditions for grape
ripening. The harvest began on August 31st, significantly earlier than the usual Biondi-Santi harvests.

Blend: 100% Sangiovese 

About the Winery

It is a rare phenomenon that a wine can trace its origins to a single man. Brunello di Montalcino, however, owes its existence to Ferrucio Biondi-Santi and its fame to his family. Now on the seventh generation of winemakers, the Biondi-Santi family continues to produce wines renowned for their elegance and extraordinary longevity.

Located in the heart of Montalcino, the Tenuta Greppo estate spreads over 25 hectares of vines on soils rich in heavy stones and marl – perfect for the cultivation of Sangiovese Grosso. Defenders of a rich enological heritage, the family continues to employ traditional vinicultural methods started well over a century ago to highlight the wine’s unique characteristics, or tipicita. Brunello di Montalcino was first created by Ferrucio Biondi Santi towards the end of the 1800s. Fortified by the viticultural experience of his maternal grandfather, Ferruccio Biondi Santi planted his new vineyards on the "Greppo" estate with the single clone which he had isolated (Sangiovese grosso), vinifying all of his grapes without blending, marking the beginning of a new type of Tuscan wine for that era. The "Greppo" extends in a series of hills around 500 mt. above sea level, facing southeast - east of Montalcino and benefits of a microclimate and ideal soil for the production of tasty and ageworthy red wine. The total surface of the vineyards destinated to Brunello today is about 19 hectares which produce grapes of high quality.

The son of Ferruccio, Tancredi, skilled agricultural expert and renowned oenologist, established the foundations for the future appellation system in Italy. Tancredi was also resonsible for launching Brunello on both domestic and international markets, winning enormous commercial success within a few decades and gaining widespread recognition expert. A true "wine legend" had been born!