IGT Sparkling

Maèntu Vermentino Spumante Brut, Isola dei Nuraghi IGT

Cantina Santa Maria La Palma

Grape
Vermentino
Denomination
Isola dei Nuraghi IGT
Region
Sardinia
ABV
12%
Body
Medium

A dry sparkling Vermentino from Sardinia, sold under the Maèntu name. Expect citrus, green apple and white flowers, a light salty touch and a creamy fizz. It has 12% alcohol and suits fried fish.

Price
£16.50

75cl · checked 25 Oct · Delivery usually £16.90, free over £129

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Where to buy Isola dei Nuraghi Vermentino Spumante Brut IGT Maèntu

£16.50 price · 1 retailer in stock · checked 25 Oct 2026

One shop sells this wine in the UK, so there is no price to compare between shops. Each price is the one on its page today, read daily.

Vino.com Best price Not stated · 75cl · checked 25 Oct · Delivery usually £16.90, free over £129 Code WINE6R8T: £17 off your first wine order with £180 minimum spend, until 13 Jan 2028
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Tasting Notes

How Maèntu's sparkling Vermentino tastes

A dry sparkling Vermentino from Sardinia, sold as Isola dei Nuraghi IGT with 12% alcohol.

Tasted by
Style guidance
Source
Style guidance · confidence Medium
Body
Medium, from a UK shop's listing
Typical flavours for this style (Vermentino)

The flavours below are the signature of Vermentino in this style, shown here as shared reference. Tasting notes specific to this bottle are added when we research it.

Citrusy fruitCitrusy fruit
Green AppleGreen Apple
Wet stonesWet stones
Live UK pricing

Buying Maèntu Vermentino Spumante Brut in the UK

The one shop on this page asks £16.60 a bottle, so there is no price to compare here.

Best price · 75 cl · NV £16.50 at Vino.com
75cl · NV available from Vino.com £16.50, in stock
Vintages live NV Current release: NV
Per-litre (75cl · NV basis) £22.00 Lowest current 75cl · NV offer
Last checked 25 Oct 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Wine fit score

Who Maèntu Vermentino Spumante Brut suits

It scores best for beginners and for food, as an easy, fresh sparkling wine.

Best intro to this style 8.2/10

Easy to like: dry, fresh, fruity and creamy, with nothing hard or strange to get used to.

Best with food 7.8/10

Dry bubbles and fresh acidity cut through fried and salty food, and the light salty note suits seafood.

Best everyday bottle 6.0/10

Fresh and easy enough for any evening, though the price puts it above a plain weekday bottle.

Best value 5.5/10

At £16.60 it is not a bargain for a non-vintage sparkling wine whose front label names no estate.

Best for an occasion 4.5/10

Fizz makes a small celebration feel special, but this is a casual aperitif bottle rather than a showpiece.

Best for cellar 1.5/10

A non-vintage sparkling wine made for freshness. It is at its best young and gains nothing from keeping.

Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Isola dei Nuraghi in five fields

A compact view of what the Isola dei Nuraghi denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.

Allowed grapes
Variety list not yet recorded
This bottle: Vermentino.
Minimum ageing
Recorded by producer
Disciplinare ageing rule not yet recorded.
Region / area
Entire region of Sardinia
Source: Disciplinare.
Style
IGT · Isola dei Nuraghi
Classification
IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica)
What that means →
Vintages
NV Non-vintage
Best price
£16.50
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
12.0%
NV Non-vintage
Best price
£16.50
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
12.0%

Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.

The disciplinare, the place, the label
01

DOC, DOCG, IGT: what the badges mean

Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.

Isola dei Nuraghi is in the IGT tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.

02

The denomination rules, in detail

  • Allowed grapes. Varieties not yet recorded
  • Tasting panel. No mandatory pre-release tasting
03

Region and area context

Isola dei Nuraghi falls within Sardinia, covering Entire region of Sardinia.

The zone the estate stands in The producer

Made at Cantina Santa Maria La Palma. Directions

04

Reading the label

  • Cantina Santa Maria La PalmaProducer / estate
  • VermentinoGrape varieties
  • Isola dei Nuraghi IGTGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 12.0% volAlcohol by volume
05

What sits behind the price of Isola dei Nuraghi Vermentino Spumante Brut IGT Maèntu

Tracked from
£16.50
Direction
Mostly cost up
Drivers
2 up / 2 down
Main factor
UK duty and VAT
  1. 01

    UK duty and VAT

    Cost up

    Of a £16.60 bottle, £2.76 is duty at 12% alcohol and about £2.77 is VAT, so about a third of the price is tax.

  2. 02

    A second fermentation to make the bubbles

    Cost up

    The wine is made as a still white first, then fermented a second time to trap the bubbles, an extra step a still Vermentino skips.

  3. 03

    Isola dei Nuraghi IGT covers the whole island

    Cost down

    The Isola dei Nuraghi IGT covers the whole of Sardinia, so the grapes are not tied to one small zone.

  4. 04

    A small discount on six bottles

    Cost down

    The one shop on this page takes a little off each bottle when you buy six.

01

UK duty and VAT

Cost up

Of a £16.60 bottle, £2.76 is duty at 12% alcohol and about £2.77 is VAT, so about a third of the price is tax.

Perfect Pairings

Dishes that go with this wine

Squid ink risotto, plated

Squid ink risotto
Prawn Tempura, plated

Prawn Tempura
Drinking + cellar
Decanting
Not needed

Pour it straight from the bottle.

Cellar potential
Low

A non-vintage sparkling wine made for freshness. It is at its best young and gains nothing from keeping.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£16.50 for a 75cl bottle, at Vino.com, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Sources behind this Maèntu page

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 25 Oct 2026, 03:44 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

A style read drawn from the grape and the appellation, not from this exact bottle. We mark these notes openly so you know what you are reading.

Confidence · Medium
Appellation rules & ageing

From the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.

Confidence · High
Why it costs what it costs

Our reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.

Confidence · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

Style guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium
Related

Vermentino, Sardinia and Isola dei Nuraghi

Producer
Cantina Santa Maria La Palma Sardinia
Grapes
Vermentino
Denomination
Isola dei Nuraghi IGT
Region
Sardinia Region guide
Cuisine
Italian Cuisine 1 dishes paired Japanese Cuisine 1 dishes paired

Common Questions

It is dry and fresh, with citrus, green apple and white flowers on the nose. A light salty note runs through it, the fizz is creamy and the finish is clean.

No. The label the shop pictures carries no year, so it is a non-vintage sparkling wine. Drink it young, while it is fresh.

Fried fish, oysters and salty aperitivo snacks suit it best. The bubbles and acidity cut through batter and oil, and the salty edge meets seafood well.

The one shop on this page asks £16.60 a bottle, so there is no price to compare here. The same shop takes a little off each bottle when you buy six.

It has 12% alcohol. In the UK that means about £2.76 of duty in each bottle.

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