{"id":6900,"date":"2025-03-19T03:12:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T03:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/19\/montefalco-sagrantino-docg-annata-2020\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T03:12:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T03:12:04","slug":"montefalco-sagrantino-docg-annata-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/19\/montefalco-sagrantino-docg-annata-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG \u2013 Annata 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Montefalco(June 2024) …<\/strong><\/em> Yes … I know this is a tannin rich wine. Yes … I know it grips and it is a wine you grapple with when young. But the fruit must still be present – and that’s what I am looking for. Something that’s not awash in wood, and will be nothing but Chateau-Two-by-Four in 10 years. Something to look forward to opening: now and in the future.<\/p>\n

Plenty of wine made this list, 13 in total of the 25 tasted; over half of which made the “Better” category. Sagrantino has come a long way – no longer just a “tannic wine” for long ageing. Winemakers are learning their way around their wood programs, using less new and less small barrels – thus toning down wood’s influence and taming those tannins in the process. It won’t be long before you’ll be opening a 5-year-old Sagrantino for dinner; and you won’t be committing infanticide.<\/p>\n

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Arnaldo Caprai 2020 25 Anni – Montefalco Sagrantino DOC<\/em><\/span> – Better+<\/strong>
\"MontefalcoGoretti 2020 Montefalco Sagrantino DOC<\/em><\/span> – Better+<\/strong>
Tabarrini 2020 Il Bisbetico Domato – Montefalco Sagrantino DOC<\/em><\/span> – Better+<\/strong>
Tenute Lunelli \/ Tenuta Castelbuono 2020 Carapace – Montefalco Sagrantino DOC<\/em><\/span> – Better+<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Antonelli 2020 Montefalco Sagrantino DOC<\/em><\/span> – Better<\/strong>
Briziarelli 2020 Montefalco Sagrantino DOC<\/em><\/span> – Better \"Montefalco<\/strong>
Romanelli 2020 Terra Cupa – Montefalco Sagrantino DOC<\/em><\/span> – Better<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Arnaldo Caprai 2020 Collepiano – Montefalco Sagrantino DOC<\/em><\/span> – Good+<\/strong>
Montioni 2020 Montefalco Sagrantino DOC<\/em><\/span> – Good+<\/strong>
Tabarrini 2020 Colle alle Macchie – Montefalco Sagrantino DOC<\/em><\/span> – Good+<\/strong>
\"MontefalcoTenute Baldo 2020 Preda del Falco – Montefalco Sagrantino DOC<\/em><\/span> – Good+<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Le Thadee 2020 Carlo Re    – Montefalco Sagrantino DOC<\/em><\/span> – Good<\/strong>
Terre de’ Trinci 2020 Montefalco Sagrantino DOC<\/em><\/span> – Good<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(June 2024) … Yes … I know this is a tannin rich wine. Yes … I know it grips and it is a wine you grapple with when young. But the fruit must still be present – and that’s what I am looking for. Something that’s not awash in wood, and will be nothing but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-the-road-with-the-grape-guy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}