Brunello: Is Brunello a grape?

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Anyone KNOW the answer???

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I could be wrong, but I think Brunello is made from Sangiovese; but the term Brunello is usually taken to refer to the particular clone of Sangiovese used to make all Brunello.

But don’t quote me on any of this.

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Steve, the Brunello di Montalcino wines are made from the Sangiovese Grosso grape, which is sometimes referred to as Brunello.

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Sangiovese after a required aging process. The wine is called Brunello after it ages.

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Brunello means “little brown one” and it refers to the appearance of this clone of Sangiovese grapes. I don’t think aging enters into it?

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Most Tuscan reds are made from Sangiovese but the specific name differs from place to place.

For example Morellino is another name for a different clone of the same grape.

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Frank is right. Aging has absolutely nothing to do with it. Clones + regional names = different names for same grapes. Case in point: Vino Nobile di Montepulciano is made from Sangiovese; the clone is named Prugnolo.

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“The current aging requirements were established in 1998 and dictate that Brunellos are to be aged in oak for 2 years and at least 4 months in a bottle before release.”

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Funny, this came up last week with some friends.

I found the link below which suggests that “Brunello” was used use to refer to the Sangiovese Grosso clone but has become a name for the wine.
Certainly “Brunello” is used predominantly to refer to the wine made from Sangiovese Grosso as in “I drank a Brunello last night”.
I have not heard a statement such as “Livio Sassetti grows Brunello” instead one usually hears something more like “Livio Sassetti makes Brunello”.

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I guess that since Brunello is required to contain 100% Sangiovese Grosso it is academic.

Pat

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Brunello is often used as a grape name but it is really a local name for a specific Sangiovese clone.
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You’ve got it backwards. As others have said, it was the local name for the local sangiovese variant and only later the basis for a category of wine. The DOC, like many others (e.g., Barbera d’Alba, Moscato d’Asti, Montepulciano d’Abbruzo or Aglianico del Vulture), takes its name from a varietal grown in a particular locale.

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It’s a DOCG, not a DOC, requiring 100% Sangiovese grosso (called in local dialect Brunello, for its color) sourced from within the bounderies of the Brunello di Montalcino DOCG.

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I thought it would fun to see what others thought or knew.

I just checked into a hotel here in DC (Palomar) and had the strangest (but fun) experience when checked in. I’ll start another thread to give the details. But that questions was put before me, after I had answered three other questions right, I got this one wrong.

Brunello IS a grape. My choices were Barolo, Barbaresco, Brunello and something else I never heard of…bastilicio or something like that. Which I figured must be the grape, because I “KNEW” that the first three were regions and not a grape.

Anyway, I had answered enough before that and was upgraded to a really nice room. I is a wine genius:) [berserker.gif]

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I was going to point that out, but thought I’d be accused of being a pedant. :wink:

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But we all know they aren’t exactly rule followers in Montalcino [stirthepothal.gif]

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“But we all know they aren’t exactly rule followers in Montalcino”

The guys we sell are. Some of them are downright militant about it.



Steve, the first question I ask anyone who wants to work here is “Can you tell me the difference between Barbera and Barbaresco in 20 words or less?”…

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Barbaresco has more letters, Duh!
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Tart. Soft. Now.

Tart. Hard. Wait.

Good food either way.

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Didn’t Jane Fonda play one of them? [wow.gif]


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The price.