Colpetrone 2015 Sangrantino di Montefalco

$27.99 bottle / $149.94($24.99) six-pack

Sagrantino is a grape variety that vies for Italy’s biggest, darkest most robust red wines, often with searing tannins. Colpetrone’s 2015 is indeed a big, dark, brooding red wine, but offers far better balance than most Sagrantino di Montefalcos with nice suave tannins. This is the kind of wine meant for cold weather cuisine like braises, stews, meat-sauced pastas and the like. It’s also a really good deal for this type of wine. “Brown spice, crushed fall leaves cherry sauce and a lifting hint of fresh mint form a darkly alluring bouquet as the 2015 Montefalco Sagrantino Memoira opens in the glass. This washes across the palate with a velvety wave of ripe red and black fruits, underscored by saline minerals and a burst of spiced citrus. Long and potent, the 2015 leaves a web of fine tannins that are surprisingly sweet and round, nicely framing the notes of sour wild berries and dark chocolate that linger. Drink 2025-2033” - 92 Vinous