The 2013 Montefalco Sagrantino Collepiano is a darkly endowed and extracted wine that shows similar pedigree to Caprai's top wines. Except this wine is a tad more affordable. It is also much more versatile, and I could imagine a wide range of meat parings, from roasts to stews. Aromas of dried blackberry, spice, tar and smoky flint appear on the nose. The mouthfeel is powerful and muscular. Some 80,000 bottles were produced.- ML

Dense tannins are tightly knit to flavors of grilled plum and herb, espresso and baked black raspberry in this full-bodied red, with a smoky underpinning that lingers on the finish. Big and brooding, but well-balanced. Decanting or short-term cellaring will allow the flavor range to unwind and shine. Best from 2022 through 2029. 5,000 cases made, 562 cases imported. — AN