On the Road with the Grape Guy
Montefalco Sangrantino DOCG (2025 Tasting)
18 Mar 2026- Details
- Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
(June 2025) ... Now, let's look at the big guns: Montefalco Sagrantino. This is what we are all here for. The wine that made the region famous (or vice versa). As mentioned in my previous report on the Reds, the Anteprima for Sagrantino is coming quickly (earlier than the previous year - end of April) - so it is time to look at the wines from last year, before I start looking at the wines from this year. This is broken into two tastings - the Sagrantino (2017-2020) and the new vintage (2021).
This year I added a little "personal aside" to my notes. These were spur of the moment comments that I wrote at the time of the tasting. After going through all the wines in each category, I took a few minutes to look over my scores and notes and assess the wines / the vintage / and my feelings for the direction of the wine style.
Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG
BETTER PLUS
Bocale 2020 Montefalco Sagrantino 
- Supple and ripe, very easy across the palate while still having those big tannins and acidity - might be his best to date: black cherry, plum and sweet balsamic.
BETTER
Antonelli 2019 Molino Dell'attone - Montefalco Sagrantino
Montioni 2019 Ma.Gia - Montefalco Sagrantino
Montioni 2020 Montefalco Sagrantino
Perticaia 2018 Montefalco Sagrantino
Romanelli 2019 Medeo - Montefalco Sagrantino
Terre De La Custodia 2020 Maior - Montefalco Sagrantino
Valdangius 2019 Fortunato - Montefalco Sagrantino 
- Coffee bean, plum, vanilla, wood smoke, ripe tannins, big hit of acidity; this was my second favourite of the Sagrantinos.
GOOD PLUS
Cesarini-Sartori 2020 Villarode - Montefalco Sagrantino
Cocco Ilaria 2018 Phonsano - Montefalco Sagrantino
La Fonte 2019 Collepoppo - Montefalco Sagrantino
Le Cimate 2018 Montefalco Sagrantino
Scacciadiavoli 2019 Montefalco Sagrantino
Tenuta Bellafonte 2018 Collenottolo - Montefalco Sagrantino
Tenute Baldo 2020 Preda Del Falco - Montefalco Sagrantino
Tenute Lunelli-Carapace 2017 Carapace Lunga Attesa - Montefalco Sagrantino
Tenute Lunelli-Carapace 2020 Carapace - Montefalco Sagrantino
Terre Di San Felice 2020 Montefalco Sagrantino
GOOD
Antonelli 2019 Montefalco Sagrantino
Antonelli 2019 Chiusa Di Pannone - Montefalco Sagrantino
Briziarelli 2020 Montefalco Sagrantino
Goretti - Fattoria Le Mura Saracene 2019 Montefalco Sagrantino
Moretti Omero 2017 Vignalunga - Montefalco Sagrantino
Moretti Omero 2020 Montefalco Sagrantino
Tenuta Di Saragano 2017 Montefalco Sagrantino
Terre De' Trinci 2019 Ugolino - Montefalco Sagrantino
Terre De' Trinci 2019 Montefalco Sagrantino
Terre Di San Felice 2020 Vinum Dei - Montefalco Sagrantino
Tudernum 2018 Montefalco Sagrantino
Personal Aside: A mixed bag of stuff here - but there are so many good-to-better ones it is hard to argue this wine is on the cusp of having a day; very few wines didn’t make this list. As always, it depends on the producer and what they are trying to accomplish.
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2021 Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG
BETTER PLUS
Tenute Baldo 2021 Preda Del Falco - Montefalco Sagrantino 
BETTER
Agricola Mevante 2021 Montefalco Sagrantino 
Antonelli 2021 Montefalco Sagrantino
Terre De' Trinci 2021 Montefalco Sagrantino
GOOD PLUS
Lungarotti 2021 Montefalco Sagrantino
Montioni 2021 Ma.Gia - Montefalco Sagrantino
Scacciadiavoli 2021 Montefalco Sagrantino
Tenute Lunelli-Carapace 2021 Carapace - Montefalco Sagrantino
GOOD
Bocale 2021 Montefalco Sagrantino
Montioni 2021 Montefalco Sagrantino
Personal Aside: The 2021 vintage seems fairly solid with a few missteps along the way - but for the most part these are good wines that should age well in the cellar; some have potential as early drinkers as well. Not so much 20-year wines as a ten-year wine. I doubt Sagrantino will get to the point where it is "drink now" - but if we could make it 5-7 I think we would be in a sweet spot – and they are getting closer to achieving this.
