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.
Tip: Cannara sits in the Colli Martani zone rather than inside Montefalco proper, worth combining with a Cannara onion-country stop.
Address: Localita Conversino 153, 06033 Cannara PG, Italy, Umbria
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.
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.
