Brunello greets its keeper: Franco Biondi Santi is dead

Franco Biondi Santi passed away, the "keeper" of Brunello di Montalcino and a gentleman of other times, he has handed down the tradition of Brunello, in the company where the great wine this wine was born.

The Biondi Santi family in the nineteenth century had invented the Brunello which had the honor of being counted among the 12 best wines of the twentieth century the US magazine "Wine Spectator" with the Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 1955.

The president of the Consorzio del Brunello di Montalcino, Fabrizio Bindocci commented "a great figure of enology has gone, not only from Montalcino, but from Italy a" great old man "who over the years has carried on not only his company but also the image of brunello in the world. The Consortium is close to the family in this sad moment. We are convinced that Jacopo Biondi Santi will continue in the tradition of his father, and that he continues to maintain the family business at the top it has reached ".
Even the mayor of Montalcino Silvio Franceschelli expressed the heartfelt condolences of the town: "It is a very serious loss for Montalcino and for its territory - comments Franco Biondi Santi we owe great gratitude for all he has done for Montalcino and beyond, a a man who has always looked beyond the walls of his company, and who has always put all the interests of the territory in front of him ".

Condolences to the family.