Chiusa di Pannone Sagrantino di Montefalco

Antonelli Dinner; 10 November 2017 at Chez Nous Bistro, Lee, MA
WOTN!

Time for a change. Full bodied Sagrantino. Super dry, tart but expressive dark red fruit. Loaded with iron minerals, coarse, aged tannins finishing with strong tobacco and leather holding a grip on your throat for minutes.

Yum!! Wonderful aged notes of sweet tobacco, raisins, and honey greet you as they are lifted from the vibrant dark red fruit of current and dark plum and supported with fine polished tannins leading it to a mouth smacking finish. Ahhh, one of those rare wines that elevated your spirit to a higher place. Visited the winery last summer and hand carried the wine back home. Paired fantastically with Tammy’s from scratch Italian dish of sweet Italian spiced tomato sauce and over penne noodles and Italian sausage.

Great wine....incredible so enjoyable. Had at vineyard, great people, great wine

Truly superb single vineyard Sagrantino. Dark red, massive structure and elegance. Floral, layers of plums, blackberries, cinnamon; huge yet silky chocolate tannins and a beautiful very long finish. Was very stern when opened, much improved over a 4 hour decant, with food. Patience! Will keep forever, or for another 10+ years at least.

BIG wine. Very chewy tannins but good fruit. Quite long. Needs time to mellow the tannins but drinkable now with food. Boar would be ideal.

Super

1.5 hour decant - strong and invincible!

So good with food. All you want in finesse and rusticity of Umbria.

Dry, little earth, medium. Old world with some structure.