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.
Tip: Visit hours run to 18:00 on weekdays; Sunday needs advance booking.
Address: Via Belvedere 2, Localita Arquata, 06031 Bevagna PG, Italy, Umbria
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.
Tasting: Visits Monday to Saturday 9:00-17:00; Sunday and holidays by reservation only.
Tip: Call ahead; Sunday visits are by appointment only and the estate keeps a low commercial profile.
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.
Tasting: Cellar tours and tastings by reservation through the estate's tour page.
Tip: Terra Cupa and Molinetta are the single-vineyard dry Sagrantino labels; Cocre is the Passito.
Family-run estate on the San Marco hillside above Montefalco with more than 70 years of history, producing Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG and Montefalco Rosso DOC alongside an on-site agriturismo.
Tasting: Monday to Saturday 10:00-18:00, Sunday by reservation; the estate also runs the Il Grappolo e la Rosa agriturismo.
Tip: The estate references biodynamic method in its farming without claiming formal certification.
Gualdo Cattaneo estate of 63 hectares with 35 under Sagrantino, operated by Tenute del Cerro within the Unipol Group, bottling dry Sagrantino DOCG, Passito DOCG and Montefalco Rosso DOC.
Tasting: Paid tasting experiences from EUR45 to EUR75, booked through the Tenute del Cerro estate page.
Tip: Memoira and Sacer are the flagship dry Sagrantino bottlings; O di Colpetrone is the entry Montefalco Rosso.
Founded in 1884 by Prince Ugo Boncompagni-Ludovisi and owned by the Pambuffetti family since 1954, one of the oldest Sagrantino estates, farming 35 of 130 hectares and producing around 250,000 bottles a year.
Tasting: Monday to Friday 9:00-18:00, Saturday 10:00-18:00, Sunday by reservation only.
Tip: The estate takes its name from a 19th-century exorcist from the neighbouring hamlet.
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.
Tasting: Visits Monday to Saturday 9:00-17:00; Sunday and holidays by reservation only.
Tip: Call ahead; Sunday visits are by appointment only and the estate keeps a low commercial profile.
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.
Tasting: Monday to Friday 9:00-13:00 and 15:00-19:00, Saturday 9:00-13:00 and 15:30-19:30, Sunday by appointment.
Tip: Cannara sits in the Colli Martani zone rather than inside Montefalco proper, worth combining with a Cannara onion-country stop.
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.
Tasting: Cellar tours and tastings by reservation through the estate's tour page.
Tip: Terra Cupa and Molinetta are the single-vineyard dry Sagrantino labels; Cocre is the Passito.
Family-run estate on the San Marco hillside above Montefalco with more than 70 years of history, producing Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG and Montefalco Rosso DOC alongside an on-site agriturismo.
Tasting: Monday to Saturday 10:00-18:00, Sunday by reservation; the estate also runs the Il Grappolo e la Rosa agriturismo.
Tip: The estate references biodynamic method in its farming without claiming formal certification.
Gualdo Cattaneo estate of 63 hectares with 35 under Sagrantino, operated by Tenute del Cerro within the Unipol Group, bottling dry Sagrantino DOCG, Passito DOCG and Montefalco Rosso DOC.
Tasting: Paid tasting experiences from EUR45 to EUR75, booked through the Tenute del Cerro estate page.
Tip: Memoira and Sacer are the flagship dry Sagrantino bottlings; O di Colpetrone is the entry Montefalco Rosso.
Founded in 1884 by Prince Ugo Boncompagni-Ludovisi and owned by the Pambuffetti family since 1954, one of the oldest Sagrantino estates, farming 35 of 130 hectares and producing around 250,000 bottles a year.
Tasting: Monday to Friday 9:00-18:00, Saturday 10:00-18:00, Sunday by reservation only.
Tip: The estate takes its name from a 19th-century exorcist from the neighbouring hamlet.
