Montefalco, a sprawling Umbrian wine region 30 miles southeast of Perugia, has been quietly producing some of Italy’s best wines, right under neighboring Tuscany’s nose.
It isn’t new, per se—small-scale production of its signature Sagrantino in sweet passito form dates back to 1549. But in the last few decades the indigenous red wine has been revived, perfected, and fashioned into an earthy, complex, and award-winning table wine that’s slowly capturing the attention of wine consumers and tourists internationally. Here are some of Montefalco's best wineries.
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