Fongoli Sagrantino Passito 2008

Sagrantino Passito 2008 is a sweet passito wine from Fongoli in Montefalco, Umbria. It is produced from Sagrantino grapes and follows the production method of Sagrantino di Montefalco, with grapes from an even later harvest, and therefore with 4 years of aging in Slavonian oak barrels. The nose opens with ethereal and balsamic, oxidative and aromatic scents, in the mouth it is an oxymoron, sweet, fresh, salty. In short, varied and magnificent, in fact we consider it reductive to define it as a sweet wine. Like all great representatives of the species, it also goes very well with complex savory dishes.

Producer: Fongoli

Sagrantino Passito

️ Montefalco, Umbria, Italy

Fungoli

Sagrantino

2008

️  15%

Sweet Wine

The grapes come from silty clay soil, late and manual harvest, spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts with total maceration on the skins for 40 days and frequent breaking of the cap and pumping over, then soft pressing; subsequently the wine ages for at least 4 years in Slavonian oak barrels of various passages with decanting and oxygenation in the first months, it is bottled without addition of sulphur, filtration or clarification and rests for 6 months. Total sulfur 30 mg/l

Ethereal and spicy, fruity and mineral, floral and slightly oxidized

Sweet but also fresh, savory and tannic, full and generous, soft and long

Serving temperature 16°-18°

Chocolate cakes

Everything and the opposite of everything, wonderful

*This bottle can be purchased without additional costs only in combination with other bottles from the same selection. Otherwise, the shipping costs expected for each individual country will be added, until the free port is reached.

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Montefalco, Umbria

Fongoli was founded at the beginning of the 20th century by Decio Fongoli, who took over land near the Collina di S. Marco, in the heart of the Montefalco production area. Initially it was a farm, based on the production of oil and wine but also on the breeding of livestock and various crops.

In the 1940s Angelo, Decio’s son, made a decisive move towards the production of quality wine, bottling the first vintages of Sangrantino, Rosso and Bianco S.Marco.

In 1977 their Sagrantino entered the DOC, and from that moment on the recognitions began to pour in.

Since 1980 the company has been managed by the third generation of family winemakers who follow the original approach by proceeding with long aging in large oak barrels and a vinification based on the use of indigenous yeasts and spontaneous fermentations, without the addition of sulfur dioxide.

The company now consists of 35 hectares, of which 23 are vineyards, all biodynamically managed.