Community Tasting Notes 18

• Eric Wright Likes this wine: 93 points

  March 7, 2024 - Another great example of the 2016s being ready to go right from the beginning. A vibrant wine with a complex, evolving palate. Enjoyed two glasses via coravin and then finished the bottle twos days later. The first glasses after popping the cork were the best...probably benefited from the small amount of air that the coravin introduces. Excited to see where this goes, but already very enjoyable

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• jrsobeck wrote: 94 points

  January 27, 2024 - The wine looks purple colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry, black currant (cassis), prune, raisin and light toast. The body is medium/full. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has low acidity.

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• motuski Likes this wine: 95 points

  January 13, 2024 - Nose of cherry, earth, mushrooms. Solid spine of acidity and fine tannins. And what a finish! Drinks like a pinot but then the savory notes give it away. Have two more which I shall patiently age.

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• Art_Vandelay1 Likes this wine: 94 points

  December 17, 2023 - 3 hour decant. Closed and needs way more time in the bottle. Found it hard to score this since I rarely drink wines so far in advance of their drinking window. Strong cherry and plum notes and strong tannins. First Biondi-Santi I’ve had and consumed to determine whether to purchase a half-case to put away in the cellar.

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• vvWine.ch wrote: 96 points

  January 9, 2023 - (100% Sangiovese grosso, während 36 Monaten im grossen Holzfass ausgebaut). Mittleres Granatrot, dezente Orangetöne am Rand. Die Nase ist anfangs zurückhaltend und zeigt eine minime Reduktion, deutet gleichzeitig viel Tiefgang an und öffnet sich mit Luft wunderbar: Kräuter, welke Rosen, rote Kirschen, Walderdbeeren, auch etwas Lakritze, Schwarztee, Ingwer, sehr komplex und sich ständig verändernd. Im Gaumen druckvoll, anfangs mit viel Schmelz wird im mittleren Gaumen immer straffer, zeigt eine mächtige Struktur, ultrafeines Tannin, eine perfekt integrierte Säure sowie eine knackige, rote Beerenfrucht, der Wein zeigt Kraft, jedoch genauso viel Finesse, alles ist an seinem Platz, wirkt stimmig, harmonisch. Im Abgang fast endlose lang, feinwürzig und rotfruchtig, mit floralen Rückaromen. Ein ausgezeichneter Wein aus einem grossen Jahr, hat grosse Reserven und wird von ein paar Jahren Kellerreife profitieren. 2024 bis 2042+, 96 vvPunkte. www.vvwine.ch

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Pro Reviews 5

Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Tenuta Greppo (Biondi-Santi)
• Varietal Sangiovese
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Tuscany
• SubRegion Montalcino
• Appellation Brunello di Montalcino
• UPC Codes 7070293015442, 8021019000036, 8054187510328, 8054187510427

Community Holdings

• Pending Delivery 146 (6%)
• In Cellars 2,074 (83%)
• Consumed 273 (11%)

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