Descripción

"Una añada majestuosa donde la estructura, la elegancia y la frescura se combinan para crear algo especial". De esta elocuente manera definen desde la propia bodega Biondi-Santi a la cosecha 2015 de su Riserva. Un Brunello di Montalcino con gran personalidad, aromas a bayas silvestres y sotobosque con un matiz tierra ferrosa y una boca sedosa que requiere tiempo y paciencia para brillar con todo su esplendor.  

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Biondi-Santi
Tipo
Tinto
Añada
2015
Grado
14.5% vol.
Variedad
100% Sangiovese grosso
Otros formatos disponibles:
Origen
Brunello di Montalcino DOCG

Cata

Temperatura de servicio
Entre 16 y 18 ºC.
Consumo
Hasta 2060, aproximadamente, si se conserva en óptimas condiciones.

Viñedo y elaboración

Descripción
Selección de uvas de los mejores viñedos de la finca Tenuta Greppo, especialmente los más antiguos.
Clima
2015 fue un año caluroso y poco lluvioso con altas temperaturas de mayo a agosto, lo que permitió que la vid produjera uvas muy concentradas, perfectas para vinos de la más alta calidad. A principios de septiembre, el viento del norte dio a las plantas un momento de frescura antes de la fase final de maduración, que se caracterizó por la importante amplitud térmica entre el día y la noche, típicos de los viñedos de alta montaña.
Cosecha
La vendimia manual dio comienzo el 21 de septiembre con más de 10 días de retraso respecto a la media de Biondi-Santi.
Vinificación
En tinas de roble de Eslovenia con uso de levaduras autóctonas de los viñedos de origen.
Envejecimiento
Crianza de 3 años también barricas de roble de Eslovenia.

Opinión de los críticos

The Wine Advocate:

The Biondi-Santi 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is initially a reticent wine and one that does not immediately subscribe to the overstated abundance and exuberance of the vintage. Give it time. I wrote this review after several tastings over several days so I could ensure a more accurate account of the wine's elegant reveal. Contemplative and exceedingly nuanced in personality, with wild berry, underbrush, ferrous earth and candied orange peel, this has everything to look forward to in terms of its future evolution in the bottle. It displays a pretty ruby color that borders on garnet and polished copper. A silky, mid-weight palate is accented by beautifully managed and silky tannins (this aspect of the mouthfeel is extraordinary), bright freshness and long-lasting fruit momentum. The alcohol is a bit more powerful in this release (at 14.5%), but the effect is supple and smooth nonetheless. I tasted bottle number 256.

Wine Enthusiast:

New leather, pressed rose and mature berry aromas slowly appear in the glass along with whiffs of underbrush and pipe tobacco. On the structured, elegant palate, firm but ultrarefined tannins provide the backbone for juicy Morello cherry, crushed raspberry, licorice and cake spice. While it promises decades of evolution, it's already rewarding and almost at the start of its long drinking window. Drink 2025–2045. 

James Suckling:

Complex yet pure, subtle and refined nose that gently evolves, with mossy red cherries, dried roses, chalk, tar and dried orange peel. There is a lift of clove and eucalyptus that makes it so distinctive. A powerful, medium-to full-bodied Brunello, but seamless and bright, with a fine, transparent mid-palate and restrained, mineral austerity. Understated complexity that will need time to bloom. Hold until 2026.

Decanter:

The 2015 Riserva was born during the brief period between Franco Biondi Santi’s death and subsequent acquisition by luxury company EPI in 2016. Looking to make more accessible wines, Franco’s son Jacopo started picking on 21 September. By the estate’s historic standards, this is relatively late. The outcome is a generous and weighty expression that is less bracing than usual. It coats the mouth without being heavy and is hemmed in by firm, steely tannins. Sweet tobacco and bay leaf punctuate ripe red cherry and lead to a pleasant bitter twist on the finish.