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The estate is mentioned in several Medieval documents, in which San Marco de Corticellis is described as a Longobard cohort and one of the territories most suited for the cultivation of vines and olives. Between the 13th and 19th centuries, the property belonged to the bishop of Spoleto. Indeed, the current boundaries are practically the same as those described in a 13th-century document currently preserved in the Bishop’s Archive. The estate is one hundred seventy-five hectares, in a single estate set in the heart of the Montefalco DOCG area.
This is the amazingly traditional wine of Montefalco, made exclusively from Sagrantino grapes. Vines grown for centuries on the slopes of the Umbrian hills characterized by great structure and longevity. The age is done in large oak barrels for at least 18 months. Then the wine settles in glass lined cement vats for some months before being bottled. This allows for firm tannins and a huge longevity! Once you drink a Sagrantino, your life is extended 10 years!
Why do we like it?
This wine has an intense ruby-red color. On the nose is rich and powerful, ethereal and very complex. Typically characterized by notes of fruit and aromatic herbs, featuring citrus, cherry, wild berry, mint and oregano. On the palate, this wine is very structured, with firm and integrated tannins. A wine that is best expressed with a long bottle ageing. Because the wine has already a few years of age, you can enjoy it now. But you surely can leave it ageing under the staircase in the dark for another 10 years. Decant it, it may have some sediments.
Grape Sagrantino de Montefalco
Country Italy
Region Umbria
Vintage 2016
