Food Pairings

• • Mushrooms
• • Steak
• • Veal
• • Washed  Rind  Cheese
• • Pasta

 

Pievano Montefalco Rosso DOC 2005		Italy
A complex red blend of Sangiovese and Sagrantino from the Umbria's historic Montefalco region.

Release Notes:

Price : $18.00  Qty:  Item No. : 18543  Our Rating : 92  Country : Italy  Region : Umbria  Grape : Merlot Sangiovese Sagrantino Barbera  Alcohol : 13.5%

Pievano lies on the river Cilitunno between the towns of Spoleto and Montefalco. Their Montefalco Rosso is a blend of Sangiovese (55%), Sagrantino (20%), Barbera (15%), and Merlot (10%). After a 10 day fermentation, the wine spent 9 months in wooden casks and a further 9 months in bottle before release.

Tasting Notes:

A medium ruby colored wine with a floral nose of violets, orange peel, raspberry and anise. Rich and dense in the mouth, this wine abounds with earth, spice, plum, blackberry and other dark fruit flavors. Medium-bodied with notes of leather, tobacco, tea and herbs along with velvety tannins add complexity to the finish. Enjoy now to 2012 with veal, pasta with meat sauce, steak, mushrooms and cheese.

Region:

Umbria's wines have been famous since Etruscan times gaining particular notoriety during the renaissance when Umbria was a part of the Papal States. This culminated when Pope Gregory XVI reportedly willed... Read more

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Overview
Greek settlers first planted vineyards in Italy sometime around 800BC. Since then, wine has been entrenched in the Italian culture, ‘as common as water on the dinner table’. ... Read more