These are some of the most collectible wines to come out of Italy in some time! Jacopo Biondi Santi makes Super Tuscans that combine centuries of tradition with contemporary experimentation. He hails from the Biondi Santi family that literally created Brunello di Montelcino in the middle of the 19th century, but he chose to go his own way. In the early 1990s Jacopo sold his portion of the Biondi Santi holdings in Brunello and purchased the Castello di Montépo winery in Maremma. He recognized in the 12th century castle’s grounds the altitude, terrain, and wind exposure ideal for creating a unique sangiovese terroir. He planted sangiovese grosso BBS11, a clone belonging to the Biondi Santi family, as well as cabernet sauvignon and merlot. He mapped the vineyard holdings obsessively and farms with scientific precision and a deep human care. He has created some of the definitive Super Tuscans and sagiovese of the modern era.

Maceone is entirely from the famed BBS11 sangiovese of the Biondi-Santi family. This plot has an eastern orientation on clay marl soils. No expense is spared in the farming, and the wine is gently hand-picked before going through native yeast fermentation and aging in T5 barriques. This wine is a beautiful wall of sound: dark berries, red currants, tobacco leaves, tea, black licorice and garrigue. There’s a moving structure of crushed stone rising through the velvety wine. A gorgeous wine to drink now but one that will only become better and better with patience.

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These wines are pre-arrival with an estimated ship date of late May. Your wines will ship as weather permits and the daily range is consistently between 45 and 74 degrees. Please note pre-arrival sales are non-refundable as suppliers require us to make binding commitments and deposits to secure the wine.