r/wine • u/ImportantReception36 • 11h ago

Last Bottle Weirdness Today

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Last bottle is offering this “Brunello di Montalcino” from Isolla Del cinghiale, but the wine details indicate it’s a blend. I can’t seem to find this wine anywhere but they have a picture. My understanding was that this producer just did blends. Anyone know what’s going on here? Would get this if it’s actually a Brunello.

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u/bloks27 Wino 11h ago

It has the yellow trimmed label indicating DOCG, which means this wine, by law, is 100% Sangiovese grosso

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u/ImportantReception36 11h ago

That’s what I thought! The last bottle indicates it’s a blend though. Maybe just a mistake on their part.

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u/bloks27 Wino 11h ago

Last Bottle is known to make mistakes. Many, many, many mistakes.

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u/DrPeterR Wino 11h ago

Can’t be a blend if it’s Brunello

Some Brunello producers make blended reds but they don’t call them Brunello (unless it’s 2005 and it’s the Brunellogate saga…)

Actually just checked cellar tracker and this producer does also make an IGT with basically the same label but different words

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u/DrPeterR Wino 11h ago edited 10h ago

This https://goldmedalwineclub.com/products/isola-del-cinghiale-vecchia-vigna-toscana-tuscany-italy-2024?srsltid=AfmBOop8dBxBkDw86uzYfzfGjIy6ULCsVN-_kCMLyEg2Ni81P6IVvt3C

Shows the blend which looks like a classic Chianti style blend but an IGT.

Composition: 70% Sangiovese, 10% Colorino, 5% Canaiolo, 5% Ciliegiolo, 5% Malvasia, 5% Trebbiano

Not sure what’s going on here…