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Di Filippo
Umbria's fiercest red grape, grown at Bevagna and aged two years in oak. Di Filippo work these vines with horses and geese, not tractors. Expect dark berry fruit, tobacco and a firm grip. Pour it with roast lamb, game or aged pecorino.
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Di Filippo age this wine two years in oak casks after a long maceration, and it shows. Oak, tobacco and coffee come through before the fruit does. The producer's own sheet adds a flinty note under the dark berries.
Dark berry fruit leads: blackberry, black cherry and plum. Behind it sits a flinty note, the one Di Filippo themselves pick out on their tasting sheet, plus tobacco and sweet coffee from two years in oak casks. The wood speaks as loudly as the fruit here: oak, tobacco and coffee are what you notice first.
Coffee
Black cherry
Blackberry
Plum
Tobacco
Flint
Leather
Black pepper
LiquoriceFull and firm. Sagrantino carries more tannin than any other Italian red grape, and at 15% alcohol this one has the weight to hold it. The clay and limestone soil at Bevagna keeps the acidity fresh, so the wine stays lively rather than heavy. Leather and dried herbs sit beside the fruit.
Long and grippy, with liquorice and black pepper. The tannin is velvety rather than harsh. Di Filippo pick barely half the crop the DOCG allows, and that shows in the texture.
This is Di Filippo's flagship red, about 10,000 bottles a year from vines worked with horses at Bevagna. A well-liked wine with real power and structure, but you need food beside it.
Di Filippo make about 10,000 bottles of this a year, so UK stock is thin and comes and goes. At the cellar door in Umbria it sells for 35 euros. Once shipping, duty and VAT are added, a British price near 40 pounds is a fair one.
Di Filippo built this for the table and the cellar, not for a Tuesday night. Two years in oak, 15% alcohol and Italy's firmest tannins put it at the specialist end. It is superb with roast meat and hard work on its own.
Firm tannin, fresh acidity and 15% alcohol make this a wine that needs a plate, and it is superb with roast meat, game and aged cheese.
The DOCG demands 33 months of ageing before release, and huge tannin plus a five-star 2020 harvest should carry this bottle into the late 2030s.
This is Di Filippo's flagship red from Umbria's top appellation, made in tiny numbers, and it carries a table of roast meat at a celebration.
At around 42 pounds it sits mid-band for UK Sagrantino. That is fair for a 10,000-bottle organic estate wine from a five-star vintage, but it is not a bargain.
Sagrantino is the most tannic red grape in Italy, and this bottle is dry, dark and demanding, so it is a poor first Italian red.
Too big, too tannic and too expensive for a weeknight, and at 15% alcohol it needs a meal rather than a glass on its own.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Montefalco Sagrantino denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
Montefalco's growers rated 2020 five stars and scored it 96 out of 100 at their own preview tasting. Heavy rain in May and June built water reserves that carried the vines through a very hot July. The Sagrantino came in late, ripe and healthy.
Montefalco's growers gave 2020 five stars and 96 points at their own preview tasting. Heavy rain in May and June carried the vines through a very hot July, and a dry late September brought the Sagrantino in ripe and healthy.
Montefalco's growers gave 2020 five stars and 96 points at their own preview tasting. Heavy rain in May and June carried the vines through a very hot July, and a dry late September brought the Sagrantino in ripe and healthy.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
The DOCG rules allow nothing but Sagrantino, cap the crop at eight tonnes a hectare and keep vineyards off the valley floor. Every bottle ages at least 33 months, twelve of them in oak, then four more months in bottle before it can be sold.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Montefalco Sagrantino is in the DOCG tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Montefalco Sagrantino falls within Umbria, covering Perugia province: all of Montefalco plus parts of Bevagna, Giano dell'Umbria, Gualdo Cattaneo and Castel Ritaldi, between 220 and 472 m.
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Di Filippo's own tasting sheet gives the crop as 4,000 to 5,000 kg a hectare. The DOCG rules allow 8,000. Picking little more than half the permitted crop means fewer bottles carry the same vineyard cost.
The producer states annual production at 10,000 bottles. The estate's land sits in small scattered plots, so nothing here gets the savings of one big block.
Di Filippo hold the wine 24 months in oak. The DOCG rules then require at least four more months in bottle before it can be sold. That is money tied up in a cellar for three years before a single sale.
The Sagrantino sheet says the vineyard is worked almost entirely with horses. Di Filippo have been certified organic since 1994 and run geese through the rows to weed them. Hand and hoof work costs far more than a tractor and a sprayer.
At 15% alcohol a 75cl bottle pays 3 pounds 44 in UK excise duty at the February 2026 rate of 30.62 pounds per litre of pure alcohol. VAT adds another 7 pounds. That is 10 pounds 44 of the 41.99 before anyone is paid.
Montefalco is a small appellation next door to far more famous ones. Vineyard land and the name on the label both cost less here than in Montalcino or Barolo, which is why a five-star Sagrantino lands under 45 pounds.
This is the most tannic red grape in Italy, so it needs fat and protein to soften it. Di Filippo point the wine at game and mature cheeses. The Montefalco consortium adds grilled meat, stews and braises, and tags this bottle for black truffle.
Sagrantino's tannin is the firmest in Italy. Fat and protein in a rare steak or a shoulder of lamb bind to that tannin, so the grip softens and the dark fruit steps forward. Di Filippo point the wine at game for the same reason.
Try with: Fiorentina steak · Porchetta · Agnello Cacio e Ova · More pairings →
At 15% alcohol this wine has real weight, so it needs a dish with the same heft. A long braise breaks meat down into soft, savoury strands that match the wine's body instead of being flattened by it. The Montefalco consortium lists stews and braises for this bottle.
Try with: Brasato al Barolo · Ossobuco alla Milanese · Spezzatino di pecora · Agnello Ragu Lucano · More pairings →
Two years in oak leaves an earthy, forest-floor edge that meets truffle and dried mushroom head on. Umbria grows both, and the Montefalco consortium tags this bottle for truffle. The bridge is smell to smell, so the wine never bullies the plate.
Try with: Tagliatelle al tartufo di Acqualagna · Truffle risotto · Tajarin al Tartufo · Porcini mushroom risotto · More pairings →
Di Filippo name mature cheese on their own tasting sheet. Aged cheese is salty and fatty, and both soften tannin on contact, so the wine tastes rounder and the cheese tastes less sharp. Go for the older, drier end of the counter.
Try with: Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · Polenta alla Valdostana · Cheese board · More pairings →
Game is the first match on Di Filippo's own sheet. Venison and duck have dark, iron-rich meat and enough fat to take the tannin. Their gamey scent also picks up the leather note drinkers keep finding in this wine.
Try with: Venison Stew · Roast Duck · Duck breast · More pairings →
Alcohol and tannin both sharpen chilli burn, so 15% Sagrantino turns a hot curry painful. The same grip strips delicate seafood and leaves a metallic edge. Sweet puddings make the wine taste sour and hollow.
Skip with: Lamb bhuna · Crispy chilli beef · Oysters · Cheesecake · Pairing guide →
Di Filippo call this wine's life span long, and the record backs them. Their 2007 and 2012 vintages are still liked by drinkers, years after release. The 2020 should drink well into the late 2030s, and it needs a few of those years yet.
Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.
The DOCG demands 33 months of ageing before release, and huge tannin plus a five-star 2020 harvest should carry this bottle into the late 2030s.
£37.49 for a 75cl bottle of the 2020, at Great Wines Direct, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighDrawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino and Wine-Searcher, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumIt is a big, dry red with dark berry fruit and a firm tannic grip. Oak, tobacco and coffee come through before any fruit note, then blackberry and leather. Di Filippo's own tasting sheet adds a flinty edge and a long, velvety finish.
Yes. The family has farmed organically since 1994 and later added biodynamic methods. Horses do most of the work in this vineyard, and geese are let in to weed the rows and feed the soil. Di Filippo also make the wine without animal-based fining, so it suits vegans.
Years. Sagrantino carries more tannin than any other Italian red grape, and Montefalco's growers rated the 2020 harvest five stars. Drink this bottle from now to about 2038. Di Filippo's 2007 and 2012 vintages are still liked by drinkers, years after release.
Rich, fatty meat. Di Filippo point to game and mature cheeses. The Montefalco growers' consortium adds grilled meat, stews and braises, and tags this bottle for black truffle. Fiorentina steak, porchetta, wild boar and aged pecorino all work well.
Small crop, long ageing, tiny production. Di Filippo pick barely half the crop the DOCG rules allow, then hold the wine two years in oak. They make about 10,000 bottles a year. UK duty and VAT add roughly 10 pounds 44 to the shelf price.
It is 15% alcohol. The Montefalco consortium suggests pouring it at about 18 degrees. Open it an hour ahead, or decant it. The tannin softens with air, and this is a wine that wants food beside it.
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