DOC Red

Tenuta Santodeno Sangiovese Appassimento Romagna DOC

Tenuta Santodeno

Grape
Sangiovese
Denomination
Romagna DOC
Region
Emilia Romagna
ABV
13.5%
Body
Full
Drink
Now to 2027

A Romagna DOC red from Sangiovese grapes picked by hand and dried slowly in small crates. Blackberry jam, red fruit and spice lead to a full, soft palate with a touch of sweetness. Made for game, roasts and aged cheese.

Price
£15.30 Save 20%

2024 · 75cl · checked 29 Oct · Delivery usually £16.90, free over £129

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Where to buy Romagna DOC Sangiovese Appassimento Tenuta Santodeno

£15.30 price · 1 retailer in stock · checked 29 Oct 2026

One shop sells this wine in the UK, so there is no price to compare between shops. Each price is the one on its page today, read daily.

Vino.com Best price Save 20% 2024 · 75cl · checked 29 Oct · Delivery usually £16.90, free over £129 Code WINE6R8T: £17 off your first wine order with £180 minimum spend, until 13 Jan 2028
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Tasting Notes

Tasting Tenuta Santodeno's Sangiovese Appassimento

Sangiovese at its most intense, in Tenuta Santodeno's own words, from an estate that has made wine in the Romagna hills since 1929.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial, from the producer's notes
Tasted on
2 July 2024
Source
Producer notes · confidence High
Body
Full, from the producer's sheet
Typical of Sangiovese
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

Intense red in the glass, with a persistent scent rich in red fruit and blackberry jam. Delicate spicy notes run through it. The grapes dry slowly in small crates before winemaking, to concentrate their richness.

BlackberryBlackberry
CherryCherry
RaspberryRaspberry
SpicySpicy
Palate

Full and concentrated, with soft tannins and a good balance between sweetness and body. The grapes come from the Romagna hills, on medium-textured soils, and the 2024 on sale has 13.5% alcohol.

Finish

A soft, persistent finish. Tenuta Santodeno calls the wine rich, soft and persistent.

Overall

By its own account, Tenuta Santodeno made one of the first Sangiovese in Emilia-Romagna from dried grapes, and this is that wine. Drink the 2024 by the end of 2027, with game, roasts or well-aged cheese, or on its own.

Drink now Best by 2027
Live UK pricing

Buying Tenuta Santodeno Appassimento in the UK

The one shop on this page asks about £15 for the 2024 of Tenuta Santodeno's Appassimento, so there is no price to compare here.

Best price · 75 cl · 2024 £15.30 at Vino.com
75cl · 2024 available from Vino.com £15.30, in stock
Vintages live 2024 Current release: 2024
Per-litre (75cl · 2024 basis) £20.40 Lowest current 75cl · 2024 offer
Last checked 29 Oct 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Wine fit score

How Tenuta Santodeno's Appassimento scores

It scores highest as Best value and Best intro to this style, with Best with food close behind: a soft, ripe Romagna red at about £15.

Best value 8.5/10

At about £15 it costs less than most Romagna wines priced on this site, for a red made the slow way, from grapes dried in crates before winemaking.

Best intro to this style 8.5/10

Soft tannins and ripe, jammy fruit with a touch of sweetness make it easy to enjoy, even for someone new to Italian red.

Best with food 8.2/10

Full and soft, with ripe fruit and a touch of sweetness, it suits game, roasts, meat ragù and aged cheese, the kind of dishes its maker names. Keep it away from hot chilli.

Best everyday bottle 7.0/10

Easy to like and about £15, it suits a Sunday roast or a pasta night, though it costs more than a basic table red.

Best for an occasion 4.5/10

A rich, ripe Romagna red that feels generous at a dinner with friends, but it is not a prestige bottle for a big celebration.

Best for cellar 3.0/10

A ripe, soft red to drink young. We would open the 2024 by the end of 2027 rather than keep it for years.

Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Romagna in five fields

A compact view of what the Romagna denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.

Allowed grapes
Variety list not yet recorded
This bottle: Sangiovese.
Minimum ageing
Recorded by producer
Disciplinare ageing rule not yet recorded.
Region / area
Bologna · Forlì-Cesena · Ravenna · Rimini
Source: Editorial.
Style
DOC · Romagna
Classification
DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata)
What that means →
Vintages

The 2024 vintage of Tenuta Santodeno Appassimento

Only the 2024 is on sale here. Falstaff scored this wine's 2023 at 89 points, tasting it in October 2024.

2024 Current release
Best price
£15.30
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
13.5%
Window
Drink now through 2027

The 2024 has 13.5% alcohol, a little below the 14% printed on the producer's sheet, which says the strength can change from one vintage to the next. Drink it by the end of 2027.

2024 Current release
Best price
£15.30
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
13.5%
Window
Drink now through 2027

The 2024 has 13.5% alcohol, a little below the 14% printed on the producer's sheet, which says the strength can change from one vintage to the next. Drink it by the end of 2027.

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 disciplinare, the place, the label

Tenuta Santodeno and dried-grape Sangiovese in Romagna

By its own account, Tenuta Santodeno made one of the first Sangiovese in Emilia-Romagna from dried grapes. The estate is based at Civitella di Romagna and is part of the Argea wine group.

01

DOC, DOCG, IGT: what the badges mean

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.

Romagna is in the DOC tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.

02

The denomination rules, in detail

  • Allowed grapes. Varieties not yet recorded
  • Tasting panel. No mandatory pre-release tasting
03

Region and area context

Romagna falls within Emilia Romagna, covering Bologna · Forlì-Cesena · Ravenna · Rimini.

Romagna DOC zone Wine route in the zone

Made at Tenuta Santodeno, Civitella di Romagna.

Wine route in the zone: Strada dei Vini di Romagna.

04

Reading the label

  • Tenuta SantodenoProducer / estate
  • SangioveseGrape varieties
  • Romagna DOCGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2024Vintage (year of harvest)
  • 13.5% volAlcohol by volume
05

What sits behind the price of Romagna DOC Sangiovese Appassimento Tenuta Santodeno

Tracked from
£15.30
Direction
Mostly cost up
Drivers
3 up / 1 down
Main factor
Grapes left to dry slowly before pressing
  1. 01

    Grapes picked by hand into small crates

    Cost up

    Tenuta Santodeno's sheet says the grapes are picked gently by hand and laid in small crates, slower work than a machine harvest.

  2. 02

    Grapes left to dry slowly before pressing

    Cost up

    The grapes stay in the crates to dry slowly and concentrate before they are made into wine. That step takes time, space and handling that a red from fresh grapes does not need.

  3. 03

    UK duty and VAT on a 13.5% red

    Cost up

    Of the £15.40 the one shop on this page asks, £5.67 is tax: £3.10 of UK duty on 13.5% alcohol and £2.57 of VAT.

  4. 04

    A 20% discount at the one shop on this page

    Cost down

    The one shop on this page shows the 2024 at 20% off its earlier price, which is why it sells at about £15 here.

01

Grapes picked by hand into small crates

Cost up

Tenuta Santodeno's sheet says the grapes are picked gently by hand and laid in small crates, slower work than a machine harvest.

Food Pairing

Game, roasts and aged cheese with Santodeno's Appassimento

Tenuta Santodeno matches this Sangiovese with game, roast meat and well-aged cheeses, and calls it excellent on its own too, for slow sipping.

Aromatic bridge Strong match

Venison, pheasant and roast duck

Game heads the producer's own list of dishes for this wine. The blackberry jam and spice of this Sangiovese meet the dark, rich flavour of the meat, and its full body stands up to a long-cooked sauce.

Try with: Venison Stew · Roast Pheasant · Roast Duck · More pairings →

Salt balance Strong match

Well-aged cheeses

Salt in a well-aged cheese makes the ripe, slightly sweet fruit of this Sangiovese taste rounder, and its soft tannins sit easily with the cheese. The producer names well-aged cheeses among its own matches.

Try with: Strong cheddar cheese · Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · Cheese board

Body matching Good match

Roast lamb and pork

Roast meat is on the producer's list too. A full, concentrated Sangiovese matches the weight of a roast, and its soft tannins suit pink lamb or a pork joint.

Try with: Leg of lamb · Rack of lamb · Roast pork · More pairings →

Tannin softening Good match

Slow-cooked meat ragù and lasagne

The meat in a slow ragù softens what tannin this Sangiovese has, so its fruit comes forward. Its full body matches a rich sauce on fresh pasta or baked in a lasagne.

Try with: Ragu alla bolognese · Lasagna · Agnello Ragu Lucano · More pairings →

Avoid Clash

Hot curries and chilli dishes

Strong chilli heat makes the alcohol in a 13.5% red feel hotter and flattens the blackberry fruit of this Sangiovese. Keep the chilli mild, or pour a chilled, off-dry white with the hottest dishes.

Skip with: Chicken madras · Chicken jalfrezi · Red Curry · Crispy chilli beef · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Keeping and serving the 2024 Santodeno Appassimento

Tenuta Santodeno gives no ageing advice for this wine, so we would drink the 2024 by the end of 2027.

Drinking window
2024 → 2027

Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.

Decanting
1 hour

A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.

Serving temperature
16-18°C

Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.

Cellar potential
Low

A ripe, soft red to drink young. We would open the 2024 by the end of 2027 rather than keep it for years.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£15.30 for a 75cl bottle of the 2024, at Vino.com, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Sources behind this Santodeno Appassimento page

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 29 Oct 2026, 03:02 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

Based on the producer's published tasting notes.

Confidence · High
Appellation rules & ageing

From the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.

Confidence · High
Why it costs what it costs

Our 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 · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

Style guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium
Related

Romagna, Sangiovese and Tenuta Santodeno: related pages

Producer
Tenuta Santodeno Emilia Romagna
Grapes
Sangiovese
Denomination
Romagna DOC
Region
Emilia Romagna Region guide

Common Questions

It is a Romagna DOC red made from Sangiovese grapes that are picked by hand and left to dry slowly in small crates before they are made into wine. Drying concentrates the grapes, and the producer calls the result Sangiovese at its most intense.

It has a ripe, sweet edge, but its maker pairs it with savoury dishes. The producer's sheet speaks of a good balance between sweetness and body, and matches it with game, roast meat and well-aged cheeses.

Game, roast meat and well-aged cheeses are the producer's own matches, and it calls the wine excellent on its own too, for slow sipping. We would add a slow-cooked meat ragù on fresh pasta.

You can buy it from the one shop on this page, which asks about £15 for the 2024, so there is no price to compare here. The price table on this page shows today's price.

Drink it by the end of 2027. The producer gives no ageing advice for this wine, so we treat it as a red to enjoy young.

Tenuta Santodeno, based at Civitella di Romagna, farms its vineyards on the hills of the Bidente valley and is part of the Argea wine group. By its own account, its Appassimento was one of the first Sangiovese in Emilia-Romagna made from dried grapes.

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