 This happened after consultation with Dr. Giuseppe Palieri who remained an advisor until his death.Later, Boncompagni Ludovisi received advice from Dr. Tancredi Biondi Santi, of whom he was a fan since tasting a bottle of Brunello di Montalcino Biondi 
Santi 1946 which he described in letter to him as "a majestic red, severe, masculine, medieval".The wines were almost unknown until Italy's famous wine and food critic Luigi Veronelli
discovered them by chance in the early 1960s.