schiller-wine: August 2026

Monday, August 24, 2026

Tasting with Tancredi Biondi Santi the Wines of Castello di Montepò di Jacopo Biondi Santi, the Maremma Estate of the Biondi Santi family, which is at the Origin of the Brunello di Montalcino, at Chain Bridge Cellars, McLean, VA, USA (August 2026)

Following our amazing Tuscany Wine Tour earlier this year (Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Super Tuscans, Maremma, Bolgheri), I had the chance to meet Tancredi Biondi Santi from the famous Biondi Santi family at Chain Bridge Cellars in McLean, Virginia.

See: Tuscany - Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Super Tuscans, Maremma, Bolgheri - 2026 by ombiasy Wine Tours, led by Annette Schiller (Summery, June 8-18)

The Biondi Santi family is at the origin of Brunello di Montalcino: It was Clemente Santi who, in 1869, first received recognition for a wine called Brunello, produced in 1865. Clemente’s grandson, Ferruccio Biondi-Santi, who united the family names, isolated the superior Sangiovese Grosso clone (BBS11), and officially produced the first benchmark Brunello di Montalcino Riserva in 1888. French luxury holding group EPI of the Descours family bought the legendary Brunello di Montalcino producer from the Biondi-Santi family starting in 2017.

Tancredi Biondi Santi poured the wines of Castello di Montepò di Jacopo Biondi Santi, the Maremma estate of the Biondi Santi family: Our 620 hectare estate sits fully isolated in the hills of southern Tuscany, on the Galestro soils of the Maremma. At the heart of everything we produce is BBS11, the clonal selection of Sangiovese Grosso discovered by the Biondi Santi family in Montalcino and brought here to Montepò. It is the unique patrimony of the family and the genetic backbone of the estate, the source of the structure, depth, and longevity that define these wines.

Inviation - Description of Tasting (Chain Bridge Cellars)

Your name is Tancredi Biondi Santi. Your great-great-grandfather Ferruccio Biondi Santi essentially invented Brunello di Montalcino in the 1800s and isolated the benchmark Sangiovese Grosso BBS 11 clone that defines Biondi Santi Brunello to this day. For three generations after, through your father Jacopo's tenure, your family kept Biondi Santi a benchmark. And you ran the estate to great success until it was passed on to new owners in 2020.

What do you do for an encore? You join your dad in creating what Wine Advocate calls "an icon estate of the Tuscan Coast." And start creating something you think will be even better than Brunello di Montalcino!

There's a lot more to the story than that, so come hear Castello di Montepo director Tancredi Biondi Santi tell it while sharing five terrific Marema wines! He'll pour:

Castello di Montepo Toscana Rosato JeT 2025 - Delightfully easy rose from very grand grapes - 100% Sangiovese BBS11, the clone that built Biondi Santi!

Castello di Montepo Toscana Sassoalloro 2024 - Also 100% Sangiovese BBS 11, made red and aged in un-toasted French oak to maximize freshness and immediate delight.

Castello di Montepo Morellino di Scansano DOCG 2022 - Here a 5% dollop of Cabernet Sauvignon cranks up the richness and color a bit while keeping the tannins supple and fresh.

Castello di Montepo Toscana Sassoalloro Oro 2022 - The estate's top wine from the finest plots of BS 11 Sangiovese; rich, deep and very long.

Tancredi's dad, Jacopo, believes this slice of the Tuscan Coast is the right place to create a new evolution of Brunello's famous Sangiovese Grosso. As Tancredi has said, "My father thinks of Montepò as the perfect meeting point between Bolgheri and Montalcino." We think tasting these wines, you'll agree. The class is free - just sign up for your 45 minute tasting slot now and come follow Biondi Santi beyond Brunello!

Tancredi Biondi Santi (linked-in)

I lead commercial strategy and export for Castello di Montepò di Jacopo Biondi Santi, the Maremma estate of the Biondi Santi family.

Our 620 hectare estate sits fully isolated in the hills of southern Tuscany, on the Galestro soils of the Maremma. At the heart of everything we produce is BBS11, the clonal selection of Sangiovese Grosso discovered by the Biondi Santi family in Montalcino and brought here to Montepò. It is the unique patrimony of the family and the genetic backbone of the estate, the source of the structure, depth, and longevity that define these wines.

I work with importers, distributors, and on-trade partners worldwide, bringing our wines to serious collectors and leading restaurants across every major market, and I work directly with private clients.

If you are a buyer, sommelier, or collector drawn to structured Tuscan Sangiovese and back vintages, I am glad to connect.

Based between Tuscany and New York.

Tasting

Castello di Montepo Toscana Rosato JeT 2025 - Delightfully easy rose from very grand grapes - 100% Sangiovese BBS11, the clone that built Biondi Santi! $32.99

Castello di Montepo Toscana Sassoalloro 2024 - Also 100% Sangiovese BBS 11, made red and aged in un-toasted French oak to maximize freshness and immediate delight. $42.99

From the wild Mediterranean landscape of Tuscany’s Maremma, Sassoalloro is named in honor of a mysterious and legendary volcanic boulder on the grounds of the estate. It’s fitting, as this wine is made from 100% BBS11, the legendary Brunello clone of Sangiovese exclusively owned by the Biondi Santi family. It’s aged in un-toasted French oak for a little more early-drinking freshness and approachability, resulting in a wine with savory iron and earth flavors that underpin fresh currant and strawberry. Let it breathe a bit while you plan your next Tuscan vacation.

Castello di Montepo Morellino di Scansano DOCG 2022 - Here a 5% dollop of Cabernet Sauvignon cranks up the richness and color a bit while keeping the tannins supple and fresh. $46.99

In the mood for some powerful Italian wine from Tuscany’s “Wild West”? In the picturesque coastal Maremma region of Western Tuscany, Morellino is the historic local name for Sangiovese. In this wine’s case, we have the famous BBS11 clone of Sangiovese Grosso with a 5% dollop of Cabernet Sauvignon to crank up the richness and color a bit while keeping the tannins supple and fresh. A great example of why proprietor Jacopo Biondi-Santi describes the estate as the “perfect meeting point between Bolgheri and Montalcino." Big, bone dry, savory, and brimming with fresh red berry fruit.

Castello di Montepo Toscana Sassoalloro Oro IGT 2022 - The estate's top wine from the finest plots of BS 11 Sangiovese; rich, deep and very long. $86.99

The culmination of years of research performed by Tancredi Biondi Santi and his father Jacopo to determine the Castello’s finest vineyard plots. This is the estate's top bottling, and boy, does the effort show in this wine’s richness and seriousness. 100% Biondi Santi-clone Sangiovese Grosso from older vines that spends a year and change in French oak barrels as well as large traditional botti. Expect classic assertive tannins and flavors of leather, tangy fruits, and espresso, plus some surprising flavor notes, like chewy, chocolate-covered cherries.

Bye-bye

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Lunch (Bistecca Fiorentina) at Osteria Magona, a Dario Cecchino Restaurant Co-operation - Tuscany (Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Super Tuscans, Maremma, Bolgheri) 2026 by ombiasy Wine Tours

Tour and Tasting at Tenuta dell'Ornellaia, Bolgheri Superiore, Bolgheri - Tuscany (Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Super Tuscans, Maremma, Bolgheri) 2026 by ombiasy Wine Tours

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Shopping and Lunch in Bolgheri - Tuscany (Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Super Tuscans, Maremma, Bolgheri) 2026 by ombiasy Wine Tours

Tour and Tasting at Castello di Bolgheri, Bolgheri DOC, Bolgheri, with Next-generation Owner Clementi Zileri Dal Verne and Winemaker Allessandro Dondi - Tuscany (Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Super Tuscans, Maremma, Bolgheri) 2026 by ombiasy Wine Tours

Tour and Tasting at Podere Grattamacco, Bolgheri Superiore DOC, Castagneto Carducci - Tuscany (Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Super Tuscans, Maremma, Bolgheri) 2026 by ombiasy Wine Tours

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Shopping and Lunch in Bolgheri, the "Capital of Super Tuscans" - Tuscany (Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Super Tuscans, Maremma, Bolgheri) 2026 by ombiasy Wine Tours

Tuscany - Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Super Tuscans, Maremma, Bolgheri - 2026 by ombiasy Wine Tours, led by Annette Schiller, took place from June 8 to 18, 2026. The tour started in Florence. There were 14 participants, including Annette and myself,

After spending the first 4 nights of the tour at Fattoria di Rignana in Greve, focussing on Chianti Classico, we moved to Montalcino and the second 4 nights there at Foresteria Podere Brizio in Montalcino, focussing on Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, we spent the last 2 nights at the beach in the Bolgheri area, focussing on Super Tuscans, Maremma, Bolgheri. We stayed at the Tombolo Talasso Resort, a five-star seaside spa hotel located in Marina di Castagneto Carducci on the Etruscan Coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is famous for its underground cave thalassotherapy spa:

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Bistecca Fiorentina for Lunch at Osteria Magona, a Dario Cecchino Restaurant Co-operation - Tuscany (Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Super Tuscans, Maremma, Bolgheri) 2026 by ombiasy Wine Tours

Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at a Superstar: Ornellaia, Bolgheri - Tuscany (Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Super Tuscans, Maremma, Bolgheri) 2026 by ombiasy Wine Tours

Wine Tasting, with Lots of Antipasti, at Poggio al Tesoro, Bolgheri, Castagneto Carducci: "We only part to meet again" - Tuscany (Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Super Tuscans, Maremma, Bolgheri) 2026 by ombiasy Wine Tours

Shopping and Lunch in Bolgheri - Tuscany (Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Super Tuscans, Maremma, Bolgheri) 2026 by ombiasy Wine Tours

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Castello di Bolgheri, Bolgheri DOC, Bolgheri, with Next-generation Owner Clementi Zileri Dal Verne and Winemaker Allessandro Dondi - Tuscany (Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Super Tuscans, Maremma, Bolgheri) 2026 by ombiasy Wine Tours

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Podere Grattamacco, Bolgheri Superiore DOC, Castagneto Carducci - Tuscany (Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Super Tuscans, Maremma, Bolgheri) 2026 by ombiasy Wine Tours

Shopping and Lunch in Bolgheri

Following:

we went to the village of Bolgheri for lunch. This was not a group lunch and some of us had no lunch at all but used the time for shopping.

Bolgheri (wine-searcher)

Bolgheri is a relatively young yet prestigious Italian appellation located in the Maremma on the Tuscan coast just to the south of Livorno, and named after a town in the north of the region. It is known mainly for deeply coloured, supple yet ageworthy red wines, usually based on the Bordeaux grape varieties.

As recently as the 1970s, the area had little reputation for wine production, regarded elsewhere in Tuscany as something of a swampy zone producing fairly nondescript white wines and rosés, and better suited to other farming, in contrast to the prime Tuscan vineyards further up in the hills.

Sassicaia and the 1978 Decanter tasting

Then, in 1978, in an infamous blind tasting arranged by Decanter Magazine, the 1972 vintage of a largely unknown wine called Sassicaia, made at Tenuta San Guido estate of the Marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta, beat a number of top Bordeaux wines. Wine had been been made at Tenuta San Guido in a rather rustic fashion for personal consumption for some years previously, and only commercialized from the 1968 vintage. However, this early example of a more polished version made by legendary winemaking consultant Giacomo Tachis led to an awakening of interest in the region.

Vineyard zone, terroir and Bordeaux grape varieties

The winemaking zone is based on the commune of Bolgheri e Casraneto Carducci. The Suvereto region borders its southeast corner, while separate pockets of the Val di Cornia appellation lie to the south and east. It features sloping coastal vineyards close to the Tyrrhenian Sea. Sassicaia's name ("stony field") alludes to the banks of gravel in the area, reminiscent of vineyards in the Graves and the Haut-Médoc, which inspired the French wine loving Marchese to plant Bordeaux varieties – particularly Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc – rather than Sangiovese.

In the 1980s, Lodovico Antinori began planting on his neighboring Ornellaia estate. An area of clay within this estate was planted with Merlot and became the separate Masseto property. The climate and soil have attracted further vineyard expansion. These have continued to mostly focus on red Bordeaux varieties.

Bolgheri Rosso

Until the current DOC regulations were laid down in 1994, Sassicaia and the other Super Tuscan wines produced here were usually sold as Vino da Tavola or Toscana IGT. Today a Bolgheri Rosso, Rosso Superiore or Rosé may be made entirely from Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, or a blend combining one or more of these, and/or up to 50 percent of Syrah or Sangiovese. Other red grapes such as Petit Verdot may account for up to 30 percent. Wines made from other grape varieties or nonconforming blend percentages are classified as IGTs. Earlier DOC regulations prevented monovarietal wines from being produced as Bolgheri Rosso, and some examples such as Masseto are also still labeled as Toscana IGT.

Bolgheri Sassicaia DOC

Since 2013 Sassicaia has its own subzone DOC, running in a band of about five kilometers (3 miles) in length, just to the south of Bolgheri town. This is expected to become a DOCG in due course. Its rules reflect the wine’' typical 85-15 composition of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc.

Bolgheri Bianco

The white wine grape most often used in Bolgheri Bianco is Vermentino, which may account for up to 70 percent of the wine. Sauvignon Blanc and Trebbiano Toscano may contribute up to 40 percent, and others no more than 30 percent. There are separate Bolgheri Sauvignon and Bolgheri Vermentino DOCs that must contain 85 percent of the headline grape variety. Many white wine examples are relatively light, crisp and refreshing, though there are some examples of barrel-matured whites.

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