Went out to dinner tonight and saw this wine for a reasonable price. I also have never heard of Sagrantino before in spite of usually being a big fan of Italian wine. I was very pleasantly surprised.
It’s a big wine especially at the start.
Palate Very tannic, mineral, grippy, dark fruit, full body but not syrupy.
My nose was a little stuffy so I didn’t get too much but weirdly cocoa stood out to me behind the dark fruit.
The most incredible thing was the transformation in the glass. By the end of dinner, the coarse tannins and mineral taste had transformed into a vanilla and cocoa silky full sweetness which reminded me of a top notch Ribera del Duero or Rioja.
93 points.
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I treat Sagrantino like Brunello… lay it down for a long while.
That said their Montefalco rosso is quite enjoyable.