Brunello di Montalcino Riserva tenuta Greppo 2015

The wine in this vintage

2015 in Montalcino was a warm, sunny vintage, with healthy, ripe grapes that gave opulent, highly pleasurable Brunellos. The 2015 Riserva Tenuta Greppo offers a powerful yet composed version: a nose of black cherry, blackberry, plum, sweet spice, leather and Mediterranean scrub, a rich, enveloping palate with ripe tannins and a freshness that keeps it taut. The 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva earned 97 points from Wine Enthusiast and 95 from Wine Spectator. Generous and expressive today, it has the structure to evolve for a long time, gaining tertiary nuances.

The producer · Biondi Santi

To speak of Biondi-Santi is to speak of the very origins of Brunello di Montalcino. In the second half of the nineteenth century Clemente Santi recognised the potential of Montalcino Sangiovese, and his grandson Ferruccio Biondi Santi selected a clone of Sangiovese Grosso, BBS11, vinifying it on its own to make a wine meant for long ageing: he is credited with creating Brunello as we know it. Tancredi and later Franco Biondi Santi upheld a strictly classical style throughout the twentieth century, built on vibrant acidity, fine tannins and large Slavonian oak casks. The heart of the estate is Tenuta Greppo, south-east of Montalcino, with vineyards on galestro and alberese soils at relatively high elevations. Since 2017 the property has belonged to the French group EPI, which has invested in vineyards and cellar while keeping the house's identity intact. The Brunello, and above all the Riserva made only in the finest years, are among Italy's longest-lived wines, capable of spanning a century.

Critics' scores

• 97 Wine Enthusiast
• 95 Robert Parker
• 95 James Suckling
• 95 Wine Spectator

Technical details

Producer

Biondi Santi

Region

Toscana

Country

Italia

Type

Rosso

Vintage

2015

When to drink

Hold, still evolving

Critics' average

95.5/100

Sizes

75 cl, Magnum 150 cl, Case of 6 × 75 cl

eWibe code

0080115