Tabarrini
Tabarrini Colle Alle Macchie 2016
Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG
Colle alle Macchie sits at the top of a separate hill from where the rest of the wines are located and sourced. Thus, here is a differing profile of the Tabarrini single site wines, with clay rich soils and unrestricted southern exposure providing extra opulence in the glass.
Vineyard
Colle alle Macchie stands apart from the other Tabarrini vineyards, on a separate hill with clay dense soils – not unique to Montefalco, but certainly unique to their other, stonier sites. The 1.4ha vineyard features southern exposures that allow even and ample ripening.
Winemaking
After a month-long maceration on its skins, the wine is aged for 36 months in French oak barrels. The wine the rests for 18 months in bottle before release.
Vintage
Like many Italian regions that year, 2016 proved to be a successful year, with enough rain and heat to elegantly ripen grapes across the area. A throughline of refreshing acidity pierces the wines, resulting in supremely ageable results.
Tasting Note
Tabarrini’s muscular style is perhaps best expressed in the Colle alle Macchie, a site which plays into Giampaolo’s hands very neatly. Rich, ripe black fruit is set between explosive yet persistent tannins.
Color
Red
Appellation
Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG
Farming
Practicing Organic
Reviews
"Blossoms in the Glass"
Vinous - August 26, 2022 "Rich plum and cherry sauce mixes with hints of ginger, sweet spice and dusty rose as the 2016 Montefalco Sagrantino Colle alle Macchie blossoms in the glass. There’s an energy here that captures the attention; this is silky in feel yet also surprisingly juicy and spry, with tart cherries giving way to complementary notes of clove and cinnamon. Of course, this is a young Sagrantino, and as such, its grippy tannins take control through the finale, but there’s plenty of residual acids and zesty citrus to keep the expression quite interesting. " - E.G 7/2021
Trade Materials
Other Wines by this Producer
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Campo Alla Cerqua
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Boccatone
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Boccatone is a joyful expression of Montefalco and a wonderful counterpart to the single vineyard Sagrantinos of Tabarrini. Made from a majority of Sangiovese and finished with Barbera and Sagrantino, the blend expresses the serious and age worthy side of the estate with an accessibly joyful palate.
Adarmando
Bianco Umbria IGT
Tabarrini’s premier white wine demonstrates the through line of power and elegance that Montefalco imbues in its wines. Adarmando utilizes 100+ year old Trebbiano Spoletino vines that show the level to which old vines concentrate and layer flavor in the glass. This site is the last of Tabarrini’s to be harvested, a decision that requires the difficult task of vinifying the reds, cleaning equipment, and then making the white. Only free run juice is used, with the wine spending a year on the lees with occasional battonage.
