TN: 2007 Tenuta Greppo (Biondi-Santi) Brunello di Montalcino

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  • 2007 Tenuta Greppo (Biondi-Santi) Brunello di Montalcino - Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino (7/20/2013)
    My first Biondi Santi BdM and there is no doubting its pedigre. Smelled great right upon opening and very floral. I decanted for about 2 hours, poured back into the btl and replaced the cork for the road trip up to Marks. Upon arrival we pulled the cork again and just let it sit in the btl for another 90 minutes before having with some amazing Flannery steaks Mark prepared. Early on the texture was superb with the food. After dinner the tanins showed a bit stronger on the finish. So this is not yet ideal for sipping on its own and obviously needs 6 - 10yrs to really strut its stuff. Still, for as young as it is, it allready shows great purity and sangio typacity. Nothing foo foo about this wine! Whatever oak it sees is well integrated. Nothing masking the typacity or the terroir in this wine. Loved the earthiness already showing on the palate. Color is a lovely medium dark translucent crimson with some orange on the edges as expected from Sangio in a great year. Impressive concentration and weightless power. Great minerality, red fruit and spice flavors. Very happy to have 2 more stored offsite where I’ll let them rest for at least six more years. A Burgundy lover’s BdM! (93 pts.)

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Craig, sounds lovely! but if ever there was a BDM needing to be left alone for 10 years, it is the Biondi-santi. Actually surprised that it performed so well at this stage, maybe it will shut down later. Looking to pick up a few bottles of the 06 but will not touch for a looooong time.

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Mattias, fortunately, we did not get slapped by this one like you might drinking a young Giacosa Barolo. I remember trying a 2000 Giacosa Barolo on release and was treated to little more than acid and water. That kinda smarted, this didn’t.:slight_smile: This is open for business. Perhaps because of the 07 vintage this was quite drinkable and provided a nice window into the future. OTOH, no problem just holding these either. I’m almost 58 so I tend to usually pop one early and ended up enjoying this.



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Craig,

Wow, thanks for taking one for the team. I just purchased a couple so this is very timely. Good to know it is still open prior to it’s taking a long nap.

Also happen to have a bit of the 2000 vintage somewhere in the cellar (no Riserva made that year). Maybe it’s time to sample one in the name of research.


Cheers,
Doug

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Difficult to know if the 2000’s are ready yet, but i suspect that they are atleast drinking nicely, maybe without being at full maturity yet. If i had a six pack in the basement i would pop one right about now

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sounds great with the 07 Craig:-) the 1999 is open now and was really great last August so my guess would be that the 2000 is also:-)

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Mattias and Mikael, thanks for the input. Sorry for the thread drift, Craig!