• Biondi Santi - Tenuta GREPPO

Santi Biondi Wines

The prestige of The Greppo dates back to the 19th Century, with the great wine culture of the family that owned this Estate, whose terroir has an extraordinary vocation for Sangiovese. Clemente began making wine using 100% Sangiovese and passed his wine knowledge to his nephew Ferruccio Biondi Santi, who, after the phyloxera came in the second half of 800, isolated a clone of Sangiovese that gave birth to wines of extraordinary longevity. In 1888, Ferruccio produced the first bottle of Brunello di Montalcino. His son Tancredi, a wine maker with a remarkable reputation, typified Brunello, setting the guidelines for the production discipline and introducing it to the international market where it quickly received noteworthy recognition. Franco, Tancredi son and trained enologist, worked closely with his father for decades, and he mastered the subtle art of making wine. Following strict, traditional methods of agronomy and cellar practices, he has steadfastly produced an incomparable collection of Brunello Riserve equal to the exceptional 100 year-old Brunellos of the past.