On the Road with the Grape Guy

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(June 2024) ... Yes ... I know this is a tannin rich wine. Yes ... I know it grips and it is a wine you grapple with when young. But the fruit must still be present - and that's what I am looking for. Something that’s not awash in wood, and will be nothing but Chateau-Two-by-Four in 10 years. Something to look forward to opening: now and in the future.

Plenty of wine made this list, 13 in total of the 25 tasted; over half of which made the “Better” category. Sagrantino has come a long way – no longer just a “tannic wine” for long ageing. Winemakers are learning their way around their wood programs, using less new and less small barrels – thus toning down wood’s influence and taming those tannins in the process. It won’t be long before you’ll be opening a 5-year-old Sagrantino for dinner; and you won’t be committing infanticide.

Arnaldo Caprai 2020 25 Anni - Montefalco Sagrantino DOC - Better+
Goretti 2020 Montefalco Sagrantino DOC - Better+
Tabarrini 2020 Il Bisbetico Domato - Montefalco Sagrantino DOC - Better+
Tenute Lunelli / Tenuta Castelbuono 2020 Carapace - Montefalco Sagrantino DOC - Better+

Antonelli 2020 Montefalco Sagrantino DOC - Better
Briziarelli 2020 Montefalco Sagrantino DOC - Better
Romanelli 2020 Terra Cupa - Montefalco Sagrantino DOC - Better

Arnaldo Caprai 2020 Collepiano - Montefalco Sagrantino DOC - Good+
Montioni 2020 Montefalco Sagrantino DOC - Good+
Tabarrini 2020 Colle alle Macchie - Montefalco Sagrantino DOC - Good+
Tenute Baldo 2020 Preda del Falco - Montefalco Sagrantino DOC - Good+

Le Thadee 2020 Carlo Re    - Montefalco Sagrantino DOC - Good
Terre de' Trinci 2020 Montefalco Sagrantino DOC - Good

• Red Wine,
• Umbria,
• Sagrantino
• Montefalco
• Anteprima Sagrantino

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