Merkki: Biondi Santi

Exceptional harvest at Il Greppo with a regular temperature. The spring was humid and the summer was hot and long with rainfalls at regular intervals. The Harvest began on September 10th with cold temperature and rainfalls at the end of the picking. Grapes were healthy, with thick skins and rich in colour. The resulting must was rich in sugar, extracts, and acidity with 3,4 pH. Vinification in red under controlled temperature, the wine was drawn off after 15 days. Uncork, remove a small amount of wine from the bottle and allow to aerate for at least 8 hours before serving.

Production area: Montalcino
Vineyards age: From 10 to 25 years
Soil composition: various origins, rich in stones. The best are the ones rich in marl
Vineyards exposure: south, south-east, east, north-east, north
Altitude: from 300 to 500 metres
Grapes: Sangiovese grosso 100%
Harvesting: late September
Vinification: in red, controlled temperature
Ageing: 3 years in Slavonian oak casks
Refining in bottle: at least four months
Annual production: 56.640

Organic Characteristics:
Colour: intense ruby red
Bouquet: complex with note of withered rose
Taste: harmonic, good structure, warm, with tannins and acidity in perfect balance, persistent, and savoury
Aging: 30 - 40 years
Serving temperature: 18ºC or 64ºF

Chemical analysis at bottling:
Alcohol ml/100 ml: 13.13
Residual sugar g/l: 2.02
Total dry extract g/l: 27.17
Total acidity g/l: 5.15
Total SO2 mg/l: 66