A newer Sagrantino project from the Farchioni family, long established in Umbrian olive oil, at Gualdo Cattaneo with consulting from winemaker Riccardo Cotarella.
Tip: A newer Sagrantino di Montefalco project from a family long established in Umbrian olive oil; La Spada is the flagship label.
Address: Localita Palombara snc, 06035 Gualdo Cattaneo PG, Italy, Umbria
Family producer with roots in Montefalco winegrowing back to 1919, estate-bottling since 2003 under brothers Gianluca Rio and Alberto Mario Pardi, covering all four Montefalco designations.
Tasting: Cellar visits by appointment; contact the estate directly.
Tip: One of the few estates bottling the full Montefalco set: dry and Passito Sagrantino, Rosso and Bianco.
Bevagna estate dating to 1896 when Gabriele Dionigi moved his family from Assisi to the hills near Bevagna, now certified organic and producing the full Montefalco range plus Colli Martani Grechetto.
Tasting: Guided tours, tastings and on-site guest accommodation; ballooning partnership for aerial estate views.
Tip: Look for the Sagrantino Passito alongside the estate's dry Rosso Riserva and Grechetto Vigna del Brillo.
Spacchetti family estate on the hill of the same name just outside Montefalco, farming 19 hectares split between Sagrantino and other grapes and olive groves, also producing grappa and olive oil.
Tasting: Contact the estate directly for cellar visits and tastings.
Tip: The estate calls its hillside 'Terra del Sagrantino', the historic heart of the denomination.
A career-change estate started in the late 1990s by the Cesarini Sartori family at Torri di Barattano near Gualdo Cattaneo, farming 30 hectares of Sagrantino, Sangiovese, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Tasting: Contact the estate, operated as Aliara Vini Societa Agricola, to arrange a visit.
Tip: The estate trades under the legal name Aliara Vini Societa Agricola.
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.
Family producer with roots in Montefalco winegrowing back to 1919, estate-bottling since 2003 under brothers Gianluca Rio and Alberto Mario Pardi, covering all four Montefalco designations.
Tasting: Cellar visits by appointment; contact the estate directly.
Tip: One of the few estates bottling the full Montefalco set: dry and Passito Sagrantino, Rosso and Bianco.
Bevagna estate dating to 1896 when Gabriele Dionigi moved his family from Assisi to the hills near Bevagna, now certified organic and producing the full Montefalco range plus Colli Martani Grechetto.
Tasting: Guided tours, tastings and on-site guest accommodation; ballooning partnership for aerial estate views.
Tip: Look for the Sagrantino Passito alongside the estate's dry Rosso Riserva and Grechetto Vigna del Brillo.
Spacchetti family estate on the hill of the same name just outside Montefalco, farming 19 hectares split between Sagrantino and other grapes and olive groves, also producing grappa and olive oil.
Tasting: Contact the estate directly for cellar visits and tastings.
Tip: The estate calls its hillside 'Terra del Sagrantino', the historic heart of the denomination.
A career-change estate started in the late 1990s by the Cesarini Sartori family at Torri di Barattano near Gualdo Cattaneo, farming 30 hectares of Sagrantino, Sangiovese, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Tasting: Contact the estate, operated as Aliara Vini Societa Agricola, to arrange a visit.
Tip: The estate trades under the legal name Aliara Vini Societa Agricola.
Founded by enology pioneer Giorgio Lungarotti and now led by daughters Chiara and Teresa, the estate that effectively created Torgiano DOC and Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG, with a Montefalco estate as well.
Tasting: Vineyard tours, cellar visits and barrel tastings in a temperature-controlled ageing cave; reservations by phone or email.
Tip: Rubesco is the flagship Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG; the family-founded Museo del Vino sits in Torgiano's old town.
