Chiusa di Pannone
Montefalco Sagrantino

DOC

It is a selection of Sagrantino grapes that come from the eponymous vineyard.

Grape varietal
100% Sagrantino, from our best selection massale.

First vintage
2003

Vineyard
Chiusa di Pannone (2.70 hectares). Planted in 1995. Altitude of 400 m a.s.l. Southern exposure with rows following the slopes.

Harvest
Generally at the end of October.

Vinification
Using gravity feed thanks to the two levels of the cellar. Fermentation in contact with the skins for 3 or 4 weeks. Malolactic fermentation takes place in wood.

Ageing
In large oak barrels for at least 30 months. Then the wine settles in glass lined cement vats for some months before being bottled. The wine is not filtered.

Tasting notes
Intense ruby red in colour. A rich and powerful, ethereal and very complex nose. Typically characterised by notes of fruit and aromatic herbs, with citrus features, cherry, berry, mint and oregano. On the palate this wine is very structured, with firm and integrated tannins. A wine that is best expressed with a long bottle ageing.

Accompanies
Grilled, roasted, braised or stewed red meats, game and hard mature cheeses.

Best period for drinking
Sagrantino generally reaches full maturity after 10 – 15 years from the harvest and is able to bottle age for more than 30 years.

Serving temperature
18°C (64.4°F).

Size
750 mL bottle; 6 bottles of 750 mL in a wooden case; 1.5 L magnum in a wooden case.

Alcohol
2018 vintage: 15,5%

CONTIENE SOLFITI – CONTAINS SULFITES

Technical sheet

A well balanced vintage throughout the whole year. Beginning of summer has been rather cool and rainy. Then the season has been characterized by a warm and dry weater until October.

Characterised by a rainy spring that held to a lag in phenological phases. Summer has been rather cool until mid August. Subsequently until mid-October there were higher temperatures and a dry weather which allowed optimal ripeness of the grapes.

Spring and first part of summer were characterised by a wide temperature range and few rains, so the ripening process was slow and irregular. Since the end of August and through the month of September climate has been dry and warm, with considerable temperature gap between night and day.

It’s been a dry vintage throughout the year, with few rains. Winter and spring were rather dry, but while winter was cold, in spring we had a mild weather even if there were occasional frosts between April and May. Summer has been warmer than average and really dry. The final part of ripening process in September and October has been optimal thanks to a cool weather, good temperature gap between night and day and just the right amount of rain.

Well balanced conditions throughout the whole production season. Winter has been rather rainy while spring has seen an high solar irradation and lots of winds. Summer has been dry, hot and sunny. Low humidity values made easy controlling vines health.
Finally we had the right amount of rain in September and October for an optimal final ripening process of grapes. Late harvesting.

Very balanced throughout the production season.Cool spring with rainfall in the normal range.Dry summer with never excessive temperatures.
September and October low rainfall and with high temperature ranges between day and night. Phases phenological late compared to the average of previous vintages. Ripening optimal of the grapes.
Late harvest.

Late spring was rainy and cool, and we had to work harder to prevent downy meldew and to protect our organic grapes. While summer was rather average, without excessive peaks in temperature.
The late ripening phase was then characterized by a dry season, which helped in getting very healthy bunches.