The coat of arms of Montefalco
Montefalco Sagrantino is a red wine from Umbria, typically powerful and with great depth of flavor. The native black grape Sagrantino, grown around the town of Montefalco, is used to make these wines in dry (secco) and sweet styles. Required to be at least 95% Sagrantino, the wines must be aged for 30 months; the secco spending at least 12 of those months in oak barrels. The sweet wine is made in a passito style produced from dried grapes, and is regarded as one of central Italy’s finest dessert wines.
Through increased care during vinification and attention to ageing practices, these Sagrantino wines have evolved from highly tannic and rustic into wines of respected quality. They were granted DOCG status in 1992.
