- You want a physically verified 2024 Bolgheri DOC bottle
- The estate and coastal Tuscan origin justify a premium to you
- You accept evidence-led coverage without a public-rating crowd
The Grocery Store Wine verdict
Grattamacco
Bolgheri Rosso
At $40.99–$42.99 in our two checks, Grattamacco is the cohort’s clearest premium wager. The place and physical 2024 bottle are certified; the score stays at the methodology prior because no usable public rating sample exists, and the 2024 recipe remains open.
- Region
- Bolgheri DOC
- Grape
- Cabernet-led red blend
- The release we researched
- 2024
- Price context
- 2 exact store checks below
What it costs
Exact regular prices from dated store checks.
- Kroger, Atlanta suburbs, GA$40.99
- Kroger, Cincinnati, OH$42.99
Observed at specific stores; your store will vary. A price target, not an ad.
At $40.99–$42.99 in our two checks, Grattamacco is the cohort’s clearest premium wager. The place and physical 2024 bottle are certified; the score stays at the methodology prior because no usable public rating sample exists, and the 2024 recipe remains open.
Our call uses physically certified package identity, producer and regional evidence, dated public ratings and current store-price context. Price never enters the GSW Score.
- You need a current technical sheet before spending over $40
- You use public reception as a buying signal
- You want a value-first red
Serve slightly cool, then let the glass warm enough to show its fruit and structure.
Match the bottle’s savory red weight, acidity and oak to the food, not to the label’s prestige.
The release and package behind our call.
We decoded the EAN-13 from the owner’s in-store photograph on August 8, 2026 and verified its check digit. The package GTIN is physically certified; vintage and lot claims remain limited to what the photograph or producer record proves.
Physically certified package
- Physically certified GTIN
- 0098709036215 physical specimen evidence
- Certification record
- Owner fieldwork photograph · EAN-13 decoded with Vision · GTIN-14 00098709036215 physical specimen evidence
- Retailer source identifier
- 0009870903621 retailer listing evidence
What to expect in the glass.
Region, production, chemistry and house style point to a clear sensory profile. This is the profile we would buy against.
Bolgheri Rosso framework and adjacent estate practice
Adjacent producer record only
No current technical sheet
Denomination and estate positioning
Understanding Bolgheri DOC without flattening it.
Bolgheri is geographically narrow by Tuscan standards, but the DOC still contains different elevations, exposures and blends. The denomination proves place and a regulatory framework, not one estate recipe.
A protected place
A protected denomination confined to the municipality of Castagneto Carducci in coastal Tuscany, with separate rules for red, rosé and white wine types.
The climate frame
The production zone faces the Tyrrhenian coast and is moderated by maritime air. Hills rise inland from the coastal plain, changing exposure and day-night range over short distances.
What can be claimed
The zone includes alluvial and marine-derived deposits with differing proportions of clay, sand, limestone and stones. An estate source is needed before assigning a finished wine to one profile.
Scale, without the fog
- Resolution
- The DOC is a municipal coastal denomination, substantially narrower than Toscana IGT but broader than one estate or vineyard. established
- Release limit
- Vintage composition, alcohol and aging cannot be carried forward from a neighboring release without current producer evidence. disclosed
Subregions worth tracking
- Legal boundary
- Production is limited to Castagneto Carducci, in Livorno province. established
- Bolgheri Rosso
- The production specification permits Bordeaux varieties and Sangiovese within the red-wine framework; the bottle’s exact blend still requires a release record. established
What is specific to this 2024 bottle.
The owner’s photograph establishes a 2024 Bolgheri DOC Rosso. A detailed 2023 producer sheet is adjacent evidence only; none of its blend, alcohol or aging figures are transferred to 2024.
Production
Exact 2024 blend, fermentation, aging and alcohol were not found. The prior-year producer record shows the estate’s practice but is not treated as this release’s specification.
Taste claim
No producer taste description for the photographed 2024 release was found in the reviewed material.
Grattamacco
The estate has been part of Claudio Tipa’s ColleMassari group since 2002.
Grattamacco traces the estate to 1977 and its first Bolgheri Rosso to 1994; its history page records the transition to ColleMassari in 2002.
The estate farms hillside vineyards in Bolgheri and publishes detailed release records, but the newest reviewed technical page is 2023 rather than the photographed 2024.
- Physical release
- 2024 Bolgheri DOC Rosso is visible on the owner’s shelf photograph. source checked
- Adjacent release
- The producer publishes a detailed 2023 blend and eight-month aging record; those numbers are not assigned to 2024. partial
- 2024 technical record
- Blend, alcohol, fermentation and aging were not found for the photographed vintage. not found
- Retailer-reported package
- No dimensions, gross weight or net weight were supplied in the packet. not found
What is still open.
Conflicts and missing evidence stay visible until a physical bottle or stronger source settles them.
- Physically certified GTIN
- Owner fieldwork decoded EAN-13 0098709036215 from an in-store photograph on August 8, 2026; GTIN-14 00098709036215 passed its check digit. disclosed
- Retailer identifier
- Kroger supplied 0009870903621 as its source identifier. It is retained in the evidence record but does not replace the physically certified package GTIN. conflicted
- Artwork
- Original house photography from a real store aisle is published on this page. disclosed
- Public rating coverage
- Kroger published 0 ratings and manual Target and Total Wine checks found no exact rated listing. The GSW Score remains at its published prior with zero rating inputs. not found
- Data quality note 1
- Kroger’s source identifier 0009870903621 differs from the physically certified package GTIN. conflicted
- Data quality note 2
- Provider image references were not classified and are not used as page artwork. conflicted
Claims stay attached to evidence.
Every claim on this page shows where we found it and when we last checked. If we got something wrong, tell us. We fix it in public.
SourcePublisher / how strong the source isChecked
Bolgheri DOC production specification ↗
Ministero dell’Agricoltura, della Sovranità Alimentare e delle ForesteDenomination boundary, wine types and permitted varieties
Grattamacco release record ↗
GrattamaccoRelease, production and producer-stated taste
Grattamacco producer history ↗
GrattamaccoProducer history and ownership context
Owner fieldwork barcode photograph
Grocery Store WinePhysical EAN-13 decoded on 2026-08-08; check digit verified as GTIN-14 00098709036215
Dated retailer product record
KrogerPackage fields, retailer identifier and data-quality checks
Target listing check ↗
TargetNo exact product listing or shopper rating was found.
Total Wine listing check ↗
Total WineNo exact product listing or shopper rating was found.
Front, back, fine print.
The label, the barcode, and the fine print, captured so you can read what the bottle actually says.
- Physically certified GTIN
- 0098709036215
- Editorial status
- Verdict published
- Artwork class
- Original house photography
- How much we know
- Region and release researched