Montefalco Rosso is a great Italian red wine from Umbria. I believe it’s the best Italian red wine that very few know about. Learn more as I blind taste 12 wines in this video.
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Montioni, Montefalco Rosso 2019
Alzatura, Montefalco Rosso 2020
Arnaldo-Caprai, Montefalco Rosso 2021 (linke for 2019) https://rebrand.ly/arnaldo-caprai-rosso
Arnaldo-Caprai, Vigna Faminia Maremanna Montefalco Rosso 2019
Moretti Omero, Montefalco Rosso 2019
Romanelli, Capo de Casa Montefalco Rosso 2019
Antonelli, Montefalco Rosso 2020
Scacciadiavoli, Montefalco Rosso 2020
Bocale, Montefalco Rosso 2018
Tenuta Bellafonte, Pomontino Montefalco Rosso 2019
Goretti, La Mura Saracene Montefalco Rosso 2020
Benedetti Grigi, Attunis Montefalco Rosso 2020
00:00 Montefalco Rosso a GREAT Italian Red Wine
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22 Comments
Haven't tried it, but I also like Sangiovese. I'll keep an eye out for it. 👍
Good format for a large flight like this.
Thank you again for another outstanding post, always edifying and filled with your passion for wine. (We like this format)
wait, why are you saying mAnte, when its clearly mOnte? 😅
as a side note, if I was a ‘wine president’ of Italy I would ban blending French varietals all together 😅
Thumbs-up on taste and score.
Was in Umbria earlier this year and tried Montelfalco Rosso and thought it was fantastic. Sangrantino is wonderful with Sangiovese. Wish we carried more selection here in the states. Great video!
Stayed in Montelfalco, loved the little town.Tried the Sangrantino,THE DRIEST wine I ever had!
I spent some time in Umbria drinking Montefalco Rosso- also loved Grechetto for a white
was at casa tua last night in miami and they have an extensive italian wine menu but the montelfalco was no where to be found. this seems to be an off market type of wine in america . i will keep and eye on it and will be excited to try. thanks for all your knowledge
I'm so glad to see this review. My wife and I often holiday in the beautiful medieaval town of Montone in Umbria and are very familiar with Montefalco. We have been long standing advocates of this type of wine for a long time. Most people I know have no knowledge of Sagrantino at all. Sagrantino is a vine believed to have been used during Roman times. It is a small grape with tough skin and has a ton of tannin and that's why it has traditionally been blended with Sangiovese to make it more approachable. However, in recent times it's increasingly associated with the Umbrian food movement and many expressions are 100% Sagrantino. These bottles are more expensive than the more affordable Montefalco Rosso and Riserva.
Antonelli and Arnaldo-Caprai are big local guns and very good quality. I have some old single vinyard bottles which I'm ageing and really looking forward to. I think these wines need a few years in bottle, sometimes a lot of years in fact. They are very food friendly though and if you can't wait to open have a bottle with heavy flavour packed food. Some of the better expressions are tricky to find outside the region and usually cost a lot more outside the country. Visiting the wine makers is a lot of fun and they are far less visited than their neighbours in Tuscany, making it a far less touristy and a more personal experience. Excellent review Matthew. WT
I like both formats in your blind tasting. This was a wine that completely flew under my radar and from your tasting notes one that I definitely have to put a little time in to get acquainted with it. I'm intrigued. Now what would the BEST Italian white wine that NOBODY knows about be? Mine would be Vermentino di Sardegna. To be fair not the best, since that for me is reserved to Südtirol area, but other than that INSANE price/quality ratio: EUR 15,- wines that can score 92+ points easily.
I am definitely a fan of Sangrantino! It reminds me of Aglianico a bit, which is also underrated in my view (although more expensive for sure). Well done!
I have heard of this wine but admit I've never had it and haven't had any luck finding them in my state And I like this format! Keep up the great work! I love seeing the Italian wines. But I notice I don't see much coverage on Spanish wines. But I may recall you mentioning somewhere that Spain just isn't quite to your liking compared to other regions.
Paolo Bee sagratino is rhe only i have had
It really depends on how many bottles. If you only have 4 blttles. Then at the end. Like today wirh so many bottles. Reveal slowly
Or if you are reviewing famous wines..then all reveal at rhe end
Was in Umbria back in March for lunch before going to Montepulciano for Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. Amazing food and some good Orvieto wine. Need to find one of those.
You speak so fast. Slow down buddy, though I love the enthusiasm
Never tried! Just did a quick search and I have in the market here ! Will taste! Thanks !
I have spend several holidays in Tuscany/Umbria. It's a unspoiled beautiful region with lovely towns and villages. The sweet little medieval Montefalco is definitely worth a visit. Personally not a huge fan of Sagrantino, the blends in Montefalco Rosso are more up my alley. Arnaldo-Caprai (nice well maintained estate), the Antonelli and Scacciadiavoli are available in my country and worth a buy. In case you visit Umbria, also try some Rosso dell' Umbria. Some wines are bargains for under 10 euro.
As long as im sure you dont know which wine it is the last one, this reveal right after drinking it works well for me. But like this video, doing 1 wine at the time should be great anyway you do it. Thanks for sharing this pearls. I personally have never noticed Montefalco Rosso. Will look for it from now on
Thanks for your effort (and expense) to put another enjoyable video.
I think this format —- of immediately revealing the wine—- is much more effective. So perhaps you may want to consider sticking with it… as well as decrease the number so it less overwhelming. (That is if you subscribe to the theory: The “magic number seven plus or minus two” refers to the cognitive limit on the amount of information that can be stored in short-term memory at once. !!!!!!)
Always learning a lot. From your videos. Many Thanks.
Give some of us non-pros some credit! Montefalco is a known quantity for many of us!! Acetic acid in central Italian reds is, for my palate, a bit like fish sauce in Vietnamese cuisine: there’s a line where it’s prominence becomes deleterious to the experience. Just shy of that line however, it is a wonderful component. It does have a “narrow therapeutic window” , to borrow from pharmacology for analogy