This $60 red wine is from Umbria, a Province known for its whites. This wine is massive; more so than Barolo or Brunello. It slept for 30 months in oak after its 2004 harvest. The wine has power and rustic tannins and should last for at least two decades if not longer.

Dionysian Tastevin Member, Joe Ardito and I first tasted the 2004 Collepiano Sagrantino di Montefalco  in New York. It would pair with pasta if you used enough hard cheese on it; otherwise, try wild boar and earthy root vegetables. Joe and I had prosciutto wrapped on bread sticks. The grape was mentioned in 1549, but the vineyards go back to 1088. The name of the grape comes from the Latin word, sacer, or “sacred,” referring to the raisin wine the early monks made  from Sagrantino grapes in Montefalco. It scored 18 on the 20-point Dionysian scale.

Arnaldo-Caprai  make a number of high quality unique and interesting food-wines and if you drink for your health, know that this grape has the highest percentage of polyphenois or “resveratrol” than any other grape! In vino veritas et sanitas.