Today Talenti is a medium-sized winery producing 100, 000 bottles a year, 85% of which are exported.

BBC: Brunello di Montalcino: How a Tuscan wine kept growing

Riccardo Talenti, whose grandfather founded his wine estate in 1981, agrees with Francesco.

BBC: Brunello di Montalcino: How a Tuscan wine kept growing

Like Ripaccioli, Talenti's love of Brunello began when he was a little boy, playing hide and seek behind the barrels and crushing grapes with his feet.

BBC: Brunello di Montalcino: How a Tuscan wine kept growing