Join me, Suzi Perez, Vinmaps founder and map maker for some wine tasting, featuring a highly tannic varietal by nature met with the artisanal, high standard of winemaking of Tenute Lunelli’s Vittorio Stringari, winemaker at Tenuta Castelbuono.
During the video I share a little bit about the wine producer, as well as a few highlights of Umbria, one of Italy’s most bucolic wine regions, and of course I taste the 2018 Carapace Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG red wine.
Our focus for today, Tenute Lunelli’s Tenuta Castelbuono, is located in Bevagna in Central Italy’s landlocked region of Umbria. Tenuta Castelbuono is one of Tenute Lunelli’s 3 wine estates. The other two are Tenuta Podernovo in Tuscany, and Villa Margon in Trentino.
Umbria borders Tuscany, Lazio and Marche and is often referred to as the Green Heart of Italy with its untouched, old world environment.
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Here are some details regarding today’s featured wine:
2018 Carapace Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG from Tenute Lunelli
Winery: Tenuta Castelbuono in Bevagna, Umbria
VARIETAL COMPOSITION:
100% Sagrantino
Winemaker: Vittori Stringari
VINEYARDS:
from the Estate’s finest historic vineyards from Montefalco and Bevagna.
Vineyards here are at altitudes from 220 m. to 472 m / approx.. 700 to 1600 feet (the highest hills), guarded by ancient medieval villages.
Winemaking:
Ageing: 24 months in large oak casks, followed by a minimum of 12 months in bottle.
This sees Cold pre-maceration at 12 degrees C for 30 hours with Maximum fermentation temperature from 26 to 28 degrees C in wooden vats.
Maceration period is 15-20 days
15% ALC. by volume
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Vinmaps was not sponsored to purchase or share this wine during this video.
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Suzi is wine tasting in this video using Karen MacNeil’s Flavor First™ Wine Glasses – Variety Set of 6. We are not sponsored to share the following link:
https://www.karenmacneil.com/product/flavor-first-wine-glasses/
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Wine region maps created by Vinmaps are also included in this video to provide reference.
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Italy Wine Map – Winemaker’s Palette
Italy Wine of Ages Map – Vino di Eta
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1 Comment
Having recently discovered and becoming a big fan of the Sagrantino grape I enjoyed your review! So much so that I am thinking a trip to Umbria needs to be in our upcoming travel plans. We live near the Sonoita (AZ) AVA and there is a winery there ( Autumn Sage) who has the most acres of Sagrantino grapes planted in the US and they do a respectable selection of wines. I finally had my beautiful Vinmaps Italy poster framed and mounted in my office, my X-mas gift to myself😇!