BIONDI SANTI

The Biondi-Santi family are the original champions of the legendary Brunello, the Sangiovese clone isolated in the 1800s by local farmer Clemente Santi that evolved into one of Italy’s rarest and most expensive wines, Brunello di Montalcino. Not ones to rush into things, the Biondi-Santis had by the end of WWII released only four vintages.

The residing Patriarch was, until 2013, Franco Biondi-Santi. Now the Patriarch is no longer with us, son Jacopo has returned to the fold to head up this historic and iconic family enterprise.