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.
Tip: Memoira and Sacer are the flagship dry Sagrantino bottlings; O di Colpetrone is the entry Montefalco Rosso.
Address: Via Ponte la Mandria 8/1, Localita Marcellano, 06035 Gualdo Cattaneo PG, Italy, Umbria
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.
Bevagna estate founded in 2001 by the Lunelli family of Cantine Ferrari, farming 30 hectares of Sagrantino, with a cellar building called Carapace born from the family's friendship with sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro.
Tasting: Estate and cellar visits by reservation through the Tenute Lunelli site.
Tip: Carapace is both the cellar's name and the estate's flagship Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG.
Fourth-generation Turrita estate that began estate-bottling in the late 1990s under Giampaolo Tabarrini, known for single-vineyard Sagrantino crus and the all-Trebbiano-Spoletino Adarmando.
Tasting: Contact the estate directly to arrange a visit; a formal booking programme is still being built out.
Tip: Adarmando is a 100 percent Trebbiano Spoletino, part of the grape's recent revival in Umbria.
Sixteen-hectare Montefalco estate begun in the early 1990s by the Guardigli family, with just over 7 hectares of Sagrantino alongside Sangiovese, Colorino, Trebbiano Spoletino and Grechetto.
Tasting: Reception and tasting bookings run through the estate's dedicated visit portal.
Tip: The vineyard mix is unusually precise and published: roughly 7 ha Sagrantino, 4 ha Sangiovese, 2 ha Colorino, 2 ha Trebbiano Spoletino, 1 ha Grechetto.
A newer Sagrantino project from the Farchioni family, long established in Umbrian olive oil, at Gualdo Cattaneo with consulting from winemaker Riccardo Cotarella.
Tasting: Visits by reservation; contact through the estate's own site.
Tip: A newer Sagrantino di Montefalco project from a family long established in Umbrian olive oil; La Spada is the flagship label.
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.
Bevagna estate founded in 2001 by the Lunelli family of Cantine Ferrari, farming 30 hectares of Sagrantino, with a cellar building called Carapace born from the family's friendship with sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro.
Tasting: Estate and cellar visits by reservation through the Tenute Lunelli site.
Tip: Carapace is both the cellar's name and the estate's flagship Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG.
Fourth-generation Turrita estate that began estate-bottling in the late 1990s under Giampaolo Tabarrini, known for single-vineyard Sagrantino crus and the all-Trebbiano-Spoletino Adarmando.
Tasting: Contact the estate directly to arrange a visit; a formal booking programme is still being built out.
Tip: Adarmando is a 100 percent Trebbiano Spoletino, part of the grape's recent revival in Umbria.
Sixteen-hectare Montefalco estate begun in the early 1990s by the Guardigli family, with just over 7 hectares of Sagrantino alongside Sangiovese, Colorino, Trebbiano Spoletino and Grechetto.
Tasting: Reception and tasting bookings run through the estate's dedicated visit portal.
Tip: The vineyard mix is unusually precise and published: roughly 7 ha Sagrantino, 4 ha Sangiovese, 2 ha Colorino, 2 ha Trebbiano Spoletino, 1 ha Grechetto.
A newer Sagrantino project from the Farchioni family, long established in Umbrian olive oil, at Gualdo Cattaneo with consulting from winemaker Riccardo Cotarella.
Tasting: Visits by reservation; contact through the estate's own site.
Tip: A newer Sagrantino di Montefalco project from a family long established in Umbrian olive oil; La Spada is the flagship label.
Four-generation Perugia family producer with two sites: a Colli Perugini DOC home estate at Pila and a Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG vineyard trading as Le Mura Saracene.
Tasting: Tours and tastings at the Pila (Perugia) home estate; the Montefalco vineyard trades under the Le Mura Saracene label.
Tip: L'Arringatore is a Sangiovese-Merlot-Ciliegiolo blend from the Colli Perugini home estate.
