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.
Tip: The estate references biodynamic method in its farming without claiming formal certification.
Address: Localita San Marco 67, 06036 Montefalco PG, Italy, Umbria
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.
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.
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.
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.
