Winery Di FilippoMontefalco Sagrantino Passito
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Di Filippo's Montefalco Sagrantino Passito.
Discover the grape variety: Clinton
Dark, rustic reds with a marked foxy flavour, an intense purple robe, firm tannins and a direct palate, with labrusca signature aromas of wild strawberry, English candy, fresh grape and vivid herbal notes. A distinctive heritage profile. Still found on heritage trellises in the Cévennes and Ardèche; banned from commercial sale in France since 1935. North American black hybrid grape, a Vitis riparia × labrusca cross.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Montefalco Sagrantino Passito from Winery Di Filippo are 0, 2011
Informations about the Winery Di Filippo
The Winery Di Filippo is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 26 wines for sale in the of Montefalco Sagrantino to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Montefalco Sagrantino
Umbrian DOCG around Montefalco (Perugia, DOC 1979, DOCG 1992): signature Sagrantino exclusively as ruling red (100%) — inky purple robe almost black at the centre, dense and full-bodied profile with brooding dark red fruits, plum, cinnamon and damp earth, tannins among the highest in the world (≥Tannat and Aglianico). Dry or sweet Passito. 37 months min ageing (12 in oak), exceptional longevity, thick skins rich in polyphenols.
The wine region of Umbria
"Green heart" of Italy, cradle of Sagrantino: exceptional tannic red in Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG, dense and concentrated with notes of blackberry, candied plum, liquorice, spice and leather, powerful tannins and long ageing. Suppler Sangiovese in blends, Cabernet and Merlot in Torgiano DOCG. Orvieto whites based on Grechetto and Trebbiano, full and almondy, from dry to sweet Muffato. ~13,000 ha between Tuscany and Lazio.
The word of the wine: Delicate
Said of a wine that is fine and subtle in the mouth.
