A PORTRAIT OF THE WINERY

Behind this relative newcomer (it was founded in the year 2000) is a rich heritage of generations of independent winemakers. This winery, therefore, has solid foundations and its noble objective is to continue to make wine from the grapes grown in the family vineyards that dot the area. The cantina sits on a sunny hilltop near the town of Montefalco and looks out over an endless landscape of vineyards, olive groves and grain fields. With full respect for all the age-old traditions of winemaking, the winery also uses modern technology to ensure quality and the special nature of each type of wine they produce. Each vineyard is carefully followed – from the planting of new vines to their pruning, and from their treatments to the harvest. It is a way of going along with nature instead of dominating it, symbolized by some very old vines which might seem archaic in this day and age of winemaking, but instead are an inestimably valuable heritage as well as a guarantee for the continuity of their origins.

THE VINEYARD AND TERROIR

The winery’s “vineyard” is spread out over four areas. The first sits at an altitude of almost 400 meters and specializes in sagrantino grapes, as does the second vineyard a hundred or so meters further down. The third one has an eastern exposure and hosts various grapes with which other wines are made. The fourth vineyard grows, among other varietals, an abundance of a great autochthonous white: the trebbiano spoletino.

THE GRAPE VARIETIES GROWN

The bulk of the black grapes grown are sagrantino grapes, although there is no lack of sangiovese, merlot and a bit of cabernet sauvignon. Among the whites here grechetto prevails, even though the trebbiano spoletino varietal carries a good deal of cultural, historical and symbolic weight.

WINES

The most important wine produced here is the Montefalco Sagrantino, made both in a Secco as well as a PaSSito version, a true example of the district’s traditions. The first is a powerful and complex red with great structure and tannins, the second is a unique wine with timeless allure. Their Montefalco roSSo is feisty and is also made as a riServa. The colli Martani grechetto, vinified and aged in steel vats, completes the picture.