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The Story
Biondi-Santi also thinks that Brunello is one of the world’s longest-lasting wines:
“Even though Italian wine legislation requires that Brunello be matured in barrels for two years and in bottles for four to six months, we allow our wine to age for five to six years before bottling. We traditionally use Slovenian barrels, which further enhance the longevity of the wine. Then we cellar the Brunello in bottles for at least another two years bef...
Vuosikerta 1968
The 1968 wine vintage in Italy was a highly disappointing, damp, and poor year across primary regions like Piedmont and Tuscany, where severe autumn rainstorms bloated and rotted the grapes right before harvest. This hostile weather rendered standard Barolos and Chiantis light, thin, and aggressively acidic, causing virtually all standard bottles to fade past their prime decades ago. However, the vintage achieved immortal, legendary status bec...
