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The village of Montalcino. Brunellopoli is the name given by Italian press for a scandal involving producers of Brunello di Montalcino under suspicion of wine fraud, first reported by Italian wine journalist Franco Ziliani and American wine critic James Suckling of Wine Spectator.
Brunello di Montalcino Biondi Santi, 1967 – Brunello di Montalcino Fattoria dei Barbi, 1968, bottle n° R7381 – Tegolato, 1966, produced bottles: 39,200, bottle n° 20,910. Brunello di Montalcino is made 100% from Sangiovese. Traditionally, the wine goes through an extended maceration period, where color and flavor are extracted from the skins.
Azienda Agricola Case Basse di Gianfranco Soldera, commonly referred to as Case Basse or Soldera, is an Italian wine producer located in Montalcino, Tuscany, producing highly priced wine declared under DOCG Brunello di Montalcino. It was owned by Gianfranco Soldera from 1972 until his death on February 16, 2019, at age 82.
Then, when the inspectors left, they grafted cheap, high-yield vines, Grenache and Carignan, back onto the vines". [ 24 ] In March 2008, allegations were made against producers of Brunello di Montalcino that there were illegally blended other types of grape varieties into wine stipulated to be of 100% Sangiovese , allegedly to inflate ...
Franco Biondi Santi's grandfather, Ferruccio Biondi Santi, invented Brunello di Montalcino in the late 1800s. Franco himself learned the winemaking craft from his father, Tancredi. When Franco inherited the family’s Greppo estate in 1970, he kept to his father’s traditions while also improving quality. [ 3 ]
Montalcino is a hill town and comune in the province of Siena, Tuscany, central Italy. The town is located to the west of Pienza , close to the Crete Senesi in Val d'Orcia . It is 42 kilometres (26 mi) from Siena , 110 kilometres (68 mi) from Florence and 150 kilometres (93 mi) from Pisa .