25 Anni
Producer: Arnaldo Caprai
Released to mark Arnaldo Caprai's 25th anniversary vintage, 25 Anni is a dry Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG built for extended cellar ageing, aged 24 months in French oak.
Price: EUR35-50 at retail
Italy's landlocked green heart, where the ferociously tannic Sagrantino grape rules Montefalco, Grechetto and Procanico built the historic white wine of Orvieto's tufa cellars, and the Lungarotti family shaped Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG.
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Signature wines of Umbria
The iconic bottles that define Umbria.
Chiusa di Pannone
Producer: Antonelli San Marco
Chiusa di Pannone is Antonelli's single-vineyard cru Sagrantino, blended from two parcels with different exposure and soil, aged 30 months in large oak.
Price: EUR45-60 at retail
Montefalco Sagrantino
Producer: Paolo Bea
A minimal-intervention estate farmed by the Bea family since at least the 1500s, among the reference points for natural-wine Sagrantino in Montefalco.
Price: EUR55-80 at retail
Campo alla Cerqua
Producer: Tabarrini
Campo alla Cerqua is Tabarrini's single-vineyard Sagrantino from a one-hectare parcel with south-east exposure on stony, silty-clay soil.
Price: EUR45-60 at retail
Colle Grimaldesco
Producer: Tabarrini
Colle Grimaldesco was Tabarrini's first Sagrantino bottling, from vines planted in 1998 at 390 metres above Montefalco.
Price: EUR35-45 at retail
Montefalco Sagrantino
Producer: Perticaia
Perticaia's Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG matures 30 to 36 months in French oak, built for 25 to 30 years of cellar potential.
Price: EUR28-36 at retail
Vineyards to know in Umbria
A handful of the estates we send friends to when they are in Umbria.
Arnaldo Caprai
Founded in 1971 at the foot of Montefalco, the estate that pushed Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG toward international recognition, with Michel Rolland consulting on the cellar programme.
Antonelli San Marco
Antonelli family estate since 1883 on a single 190-hectare property overlooking Montefalco, certified organic since 2009, known for single-vineyard Sagrantino and a Trebbiano Spoletino revival programme.
Adanti
Family estate at Arquata near Bevagna farming about 20 hectares of a 30-hectare property, producing Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG alongside Grechetto and a handful of international varieties.
Paolo Bea
A family documented in the Montefalco archives since the 1500s, farmed without chemical inputs and vinified with minimal intervention, among the natural-wine reference points for Sagrantino.
Di Filippo
Family estate at Cannara between Torgiano and Montefalco, a member of the Consorzio Tutela Vini Montefalco producing Montefalco Rosso DOC and the local Vernaccia di Cannara alongside Sangiovese.
Romanelli
Third-generation family estate founded in 1978, farming 8 hectares of a 30-hectare property and bottling all three Montefalco designations: dry Sagrantino DOCG, Sagrantino Passito DOCG and Montefalco Rosso DOC.
Sub-appellations of Umbria
Montefalco (Sagrantino di Montefalco/Montefalco DOCG)
Hilltop borgo ringed by Sagrantino vineyards, with the Sant'Agostino and San Francesco churches inside walls that look out toward Assisi and Spoleto.
Torgiano (Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG/Torgiano DOC)
A single-street wine town whose Museo del Vino, opened in 1974 in a 17th-century palazzo, tells Umbria's viticultural history through 3,000 artifacts.
Also: Torgiano DOC
Orvieto (Orvieto Classico)
A tufa-cliff city with underground Etruscan wine cellars, surrounded by heterogeneous soils that give Orvieto's whites their complexity.
Lake Trasimeno (Colli del Trasimeno DOC)
Lakeside vineyards and hill towns around Umbria's largest lake, with Castiglione del Lago's medieval fortress overlooking the water.
Colli Martani (Grechetto di Todi/Vernaccia di Cannara)
Rolling farm country between Todi and Montefalco where Grechetto takes its most concentrated local form.
Colli Perugini (Colli Perugini DOC)
Gentle Tiber-valley hills south of Perugia, dotted with small family cellars rather than large estates.
Umbria wine, FAQ
When is the best time to visit Umbria for wine?
Peak wine-travel season in Umbria is spring through autumn, with harvest the standout window.
Do I need an appointment to taste at Umbria estates?
classified-growth and grand-cru estates require booking days to weeks ahead; smaller family domaines often take walk-ins midweek.
What hours do Umbria cellars and tasting rooms keep?
most estates open 10:00 to 17:00 by appointment, often closed Sunday and Monday.
How does tipping work at Umbria tastings?
tipping is not expected at tastings; buying a bottle from the cellar door is the customary thank-you.
What is the one wine to try in Umbria?
If you only open one bottle, open 25 Anni by Arnaldo Caprai. It is the wine most associated with Umbria.