2014 Scacciadiavoli Montefalco Sagrantino

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 85 points

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  2/15/2023 - forceberry wrote: 85 Points

  100% Sagrantino. Fermented and macerated with the skins for 3-4 weeks in 10 000-liter French oak vats. Aged in old 3000-liter botti casks, tonneaux and barriques (a small portion renewed annually) for 18 months. 14,5% alcohol.
  
  Dense and rather opaque blackish-red color with an evolved pomegranate hue. The nose feels surprisingly restrained, somewhat evolved and a bit earthy with somewhat lackluster aromas of wizened dark berries, some gravelly mineral tones, a little bit of tobacco, light woody notes of savory old oak, a hint of leather and a touch of dried dark fruits. The wine feels firm, dry and somewhat austere on the palate with a medium body and slightly understated flavors of chokeberries and fresh dark plums, some leathery tones, a little bit of sour cherry bitterness, light nuances of pouch tobacco, a hint of earth and a ferrous touch of blood. The overall feel is enjoyably structure-driven with the high acidity and tough, grippy tannins. The finish is firm, dry and grippy with a dry, slightly reticent aftertaste of ripe sour cherries and brambly black raspberries, some dark plummy tones, a little bit of gravelly earth, light notes of leather, a sanguine hint of iron and a touch of savory wood. The rather high alcohol lends a little bit of warmth to the aftertaste.
  
  I sort of enjoyed the wine's austere, dead-serious and very structure-driven style, but seeing how understated the fruit department was here - and knowing how great Scacciadiavoli Sagrantinos can be when they're good - the wine was sort of a let-down. The flavors felt both quite underwhelming and surprisingly evolved for the age, which makes me wonder if 2014 was a poor vintage in Umbria as well. The tough, unyielding structure would call for another 10 to 15 years of aging, but the fruit department feels like it is quite close to its peak now and most likely won't hold on for much longer. The wine just can't be aged for long enough for the structure to resolve. While an enjoyably rustic and VERY structure-driven wine in its own right, it is a bit unbalanced as a whole. This wine does nothing but encourages me to keep my distance from Italian 2014 reds.

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  10/20/2019 - Harley1199 Does not like this wine:

  By the glass. Trinci's wine repetition: black fruit and new wood in abundance. Tanicity and endless firmness. Hardness without soul.
  
  Por copas. Repetición del vino de Trinci: fruta negra y madera nueva en abundancia. Tanicidad y firmeza sin fin. Dureza sin alma.

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