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2020 Montefalco Sagrantino Passito, Antonelli San Marco
Add to WishlistEstablished in 1883, Antonelli San Marco is a historic estate situated in the heart of Umbria's Montefalco DOCG zone. Spanning 190 hectares, the estate transitioned to organic farming in 2009, cultivating native varietals such as Sagrantino , Sangiovese, Grechetto, and Trebbiano Spoletino.
£38.50 1 x Half Bottle (38 cl)
Tasting notes
Very deep colour, the nose shows blackberry, blackcurrant and raspberry jam, backed by spice and leather. The palate is sweet with red fruits and raisins and lovely balance.
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The 2020 Montefalco Sagrantino Passito opens with a dusting of confectionary spice and coca, giving way to shavings of blood orange and rum-soaked cherries. It presents a balanced inner sweetness and ripe wild berry fruits that flow across a stream of juicy acidity as a pleasantly bitter tinge forms toward the close. This finishes with staining length and a subtle tug of fine tannin, leaving hints of blackberry and minty herbs to resonate. The Antonelli San Marco finishes at a refreshing 199 grams of residual sugar per liter.
Eric Guido
Umbria
The only landlocked region away from those in the Alps, Umbria is also one of the smallest in both area and population. The climate is similar to neighbouring Tuscany with hot and dry summers and cold winters and whilst the Apennines tower to the east, the vineyards are mostly located on rolling hillsides around the Tiber Valley between 150-600m altitude. There are an unnecessary 13 DOCs, most of which have very similar rules involving Sangiovese with international varieties for reds and the bland Trebbiano Toscana with Grechetto or Chardonnay for whites. Umbria would be better served with a catch all DOC for these. Umbria does have, in Sagrantino, its own speciality. A grape of prodigious extract with powerful flavours and bucket loads of tannin, when well-handled and aged, it can produce wines of real majesty. The key sub-regions are Montefalco DOC, Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG, and Oriveto DOC, which it partly in Lazio.
