It claims to be almost a thousand years old, some say even more, yet Sagrantino is a rather young wine, with a history largely yet to be written. Certainly, vines in these lands were already being cultivated by the Romans, Pliny the Elder tells of a grape called itriola, while Sagrantino seems to have arrived with the Franciscan friars returning from Asia Minor. The maps then leave no doubt that making wine was a serious business in these shores, respected and protected, so much so that in 1540 the date of the harvest was established by a precise municipal ordinance, and the "Regional Wine and Oil Show" of 1925 was held in Montefalco, defined even then as "the most important oenological centre of Umbria". All correct. But if it is true that the tradition of making wine has its roots in history, just as the Sagrantino vines do with theirs, from the hills to inside the city walls, where very old plants adorn the entrances of houses, villas and palazzi, it is worth remembering how the contemporary perspective of this vine and its wine has changed profoundly in recent years. It has gone from being a sweet nectar, still produced and protected by the DOCG, to a great dry wine, capable of releasing power, complexity and elegance, as well as an extraordinary polyphenolic endowment that gives it colour, structure and great ageing capacity. The feeling, in short, is that the best is yet to come, and that this portentous red is destined for a stable position among the greats of Italian and world oenology. Son of an area that, in addition to Montefalco, includes part of the territories of Bevagna, Gualdo Cattaneo, Giano and Castel Ritaldi, DOCG since 1992, it is a vine and a wine that seems to have become one with its territory of reference, benefiting as nowhere else in the world from the spectacular mosaic formed by its climates and soils. In addition to this, the area's greatness is demonstrated by sublime interpretations of other wines, starting with Montefalco Rosso, splendid in its Riserva version, the declinations of the DOC Colli Martani, up to the white types, which seem to have surprises in store for the future and new stories to tell.

The winery's Montefalco Sagrantino displays the aromatic traits of the variety and the vigour of the material. During fermentation, it remains in contact with the skins for a fortnight, then matures in 10-hectolitre wooden barrels before finishing in the bottle.

Montefalco Rosso is the child of the Sangiovese, Sagrantino and other black grape varieties. It is a wine that expresses the winery's potential well and comes from vines tied to tradition. Maceration on the skins lasts 12 to 15 days, then matures in large oak barrels.