Montefalco Sagrantino Docg
Montefalco Sagrantino is a red wine made with 100% Sagrantino grapes. The grapes are picked up by hand during the second half of October. Natural yeasts are used to ferment the must spontaneously in steel vats. The temperature is not controlled and a minimal quantity of sulphites is added. The wine is aged in oak casks form Slavonia for at least three years, during which it is racked and naturally becomes progressively finer and clearer. We only use large casks made of seasoned wood so that the wine evolves while aging but maintains its distinctive nature. It is bottled without being filtered or the use of any additional sulphites.
Wine Type: Red Wine
Wine Denomination: Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG
Grape Variety: 100% sagrantino
Vineyard
Sagrantino Nuovo
Planting
2007
Planting System
0.85 x 2.85
Training System
Spurred cordon
Exposure
South
Soil
Clay/silt, with good skeletal structure, high in organic substances, with a good nitrogen-carbon ratio. Higher in active limestone, which makes it ideal for the quality of the wines.
Cultivation of the vineyard
The vines are cultivated using biodynamic techniques, using only copper, sulphur and biodynamic preparations for defence against disease. We work to increase the humus through green manure and biodynamic soil preparations. No synthetic chemical products are used.
Harvest
By hand, from the second half of October, according to the different vineyards.
Vinification
The hand-picked grapes ferment with natural yeasts without temperature control. Post-fermentation maceration for 30 days in total with a small addition of sulphur dioxide, soft pressing with a horizontal membrane press.
Ageing
A minimum of five years in large Slavonian oak casks ranging in age from 10 to 70 years. The wine is bottled after racking to ensure correct sedimentation without filtration or the addition of sulphur dioxide.
Bottle ageing
6 months. Marketed in the following bottle sizes: 75cL, 1.5L, and 3 litres.
Ageing potential
It has a practically unlimited capacity for ageing and can be stored for over 20 years.
Tasting
Dark garnet, dense, almost impenetrable, with great consistency. The olfactory impact is intense and elegant, with ample fruity, ethereal and spicy notes. On the palate it shows remarkable structure, offering perfect tannicity; it is a wine of great body, dense, chewy, unique.
Serving temperature
18° – 20°C. Uncork at least two hours before serving.
Pairing suggestions
Roasted red meat, game and venison, cooked with succulent sauces, roast lamb.
Bottles Produced
2017 3985 | 2016 2660| 2015 6348 | 2014 no | 2013 4600 | 2012 5940 | 2011 11900 | 2010 3633 | 2009 4080 | 2008 3900 | 2007 13333 | 2006 5630 | 2005 3333 | 2004 4330 | 2003 3450 | 2002 5200 | 2001 3333 | 2000 1600 | 1999 1330
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