2020 Palazzone Umbria Rosso 'Vignarco'

60% Sangiovese, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Merlot. Fermented in steel and aged in a mixture of steel and wooden cask. 13.5% alcohol.

This easy going, smooth and supple red blend is a perfect pizza, pasta and charcuterie wine. Medium bodied, with lots of dark fruit- think blackberries, plums and black cherry- along with classic Italian notes of dusty herbs and licorice. A perfect Vino di Tavola!

In 1969 the Dubini family bought the property “Palazzone”, constructed by Cardinal Teodorico at the bidding of Pope Boniface VIII as a hostel for pilgrims on their way to Rome to celebrate the Jubilee of 1300 A.D. Today after a restoration with respect for the noble architecture, “Palazzone” is a boutique hotel with elegant suites. The hilly portion of the land adjacent to Rocca Ripesena, with its superb view of Orvieto on its majestic crag, consisted of sedimentary soil and clay. Angelo Dubini decided to plant 60 acres to vines of varieties that he expected would make wine of great complexity and character. In 1982 his two sons, Giovanni and Lodovico, made the first small vintage from these grapes. In1988 their vintage was sufficient to justify the construction of a winery to process all their own grapes and also to organise and begin the commercial marketing of what is now “Palazzone” wine regarded as one of the most significant labels in Umbria.