MONTEFALCO
2008 Rosso Arnaldo-Caprai
| Grapes | Sagrantino, Merlot, Sangiovese |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | Italy, Umbria |
| ABV | 14% |
A blend of Sangiovese with around 20% Sagrantino, partly aged in third year barriques and about 60% in large Slovenian oak casks. Bright and deep ruby red with cherry and violet on the nose, it is rich and velvety with crisp, tight tannins giving great length. L&S (Jul 2011)
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...the 2008 was an immediate hit out of the bottle. The blend of mostly Sangiovese and a bit of Sagrantino was stunning, with amazingly lively flavors of cherries and berries, plums and cassis. It was mouthfilling and generous in fruit, soft in tannins as it rolled gently off the tongue.Andy Abramson - www.winescene.com (Sept 2012)
Sangiovese, Sagrantino, Merlot. Very firm and dense and black! 2013-2017 Rating: 16 Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Nov 2011)
If you want to taste the tamest of Caprai’s reds then go for 2008 Montefalco Rosso Caprai (£13.95, down to £12.95 for a case) - here the brutish Sagrantino is ameliorated with a massive slug of Sangiovese and it works to soothe the palate so as not to frighten your taste buds too much! Matthew Jukes www.matthewjukes.com (Apr 2011)
Arnaldo-Caprai
The Caprai winery and vineyards lie on the hillside below the Umbrian hilltop town of Montefalco. Founded in 1971 by Arnaldo-Caprai Caprai, and now in the hands of his son Marco, the estate has become the leading producer of Sagrantino wines in the region. Sagrantino shows no resemblance to any of Italy's other grape varieties, and is almost exclusive to the region of Montefalco - it is thick-skinned, small bunched and small-berried, but big in every other way: colour, tannins, acids, extracts, and sugars.
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