2017 Brunello di Montalcino Biondi Santi 6x75cl*

GRAPE VARIETIES:

Sangiovese grosso

SKU:

BS401B12

PRODUCER:

Biondi Santi

REGION:

Italy/ Tuscany

ALCOHOL CONTENT:

13,5%

FOOD MATCHING NOTE:

Ideal with a filet of beef or with a mature cheese

TASTING NOTE:

Biond-Santi remains a beacon for traditionally made Rosso and Brunello. At 90 years of age, Franco Biondi-Santi insisted on leading my tasting of wines from cask and bottle. The years go by for all of us, but I haven’t seen any decrease in Biondi-Santi’s enthusiasm and passion. The Biondi-Santi wines are more approachable young than they used to be, but little else appears to have changed. Biondi-Santi harvests on the early side. The wines see long macerations on the skins – in steel for the straight Brunello (also known as the Annata) and oak for the Riserva – and are then aged in large oak casks.

*Only available by the case