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.

Poggio Ferro means “iron hill,” named for the red flysch soils where the BBS11 sangiovese grows. The hill is perfectly stressful with meager nutrients, facing the south from which a strong wind often blows. No expense is spared in the farming, and the wine is gently hand-picked before going through native yeast fermentation and aging in Stockinger/Taransaud barrels. The suffering of the site yields a wine of poetic definition. Shining red cherries and spiced plums, iron wrapped in bolts of silk, slate and blood orange and dried rose petals and tea.

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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.