A6 portrait, two pages: print double-sided (flip on long edge), or print and fold.
Staff card
Perticaia
Montefalco Rosso 2019
- Grape
- Sangiovese 70%, other local Montefalco red varieties 30%
- Region
- Umbria, Italy
What to say
- Intense ruby red.
- 92 points from James Suckling (2019 vintage)
- Perticaia - an old Umbrian word for the plough - is the Becca family's estate at Casale, Montefalco, with about 50 hectares of vines planted to Sagrantino, Sangiovese, Colorino, Trebbiano Spoletino and Grechetto.
The producer
Perticaia
Perticaia - an old Umbrian word for the plough - is the Becca family's estate at Casale, Montefalco, with about 50 hectares of vines planted to Sagrantino, Sangiovese, Colorino, Trebbiano Spoletino and Grechetto. The first wine was the 2003 Sagrantino, made from a single bunch per vine. The estate describes itself as an organic farm that is a model for the territory, and its Sagrantino has won Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri for the 2004-2011 vintages.
Food pairing
Hearty soups, pasta with meat ragù, mature cheeses, grilled red meats
- Serve at
- 16–18°C
- Drink
- Ageing potential 5–8 years (producer)
Staff card