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.

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...

A rich and rather concentrated, maturing sagrantino with a lot of ripe plum and balsamic character, but also a seriously dry tannic structure and a rather abrupt, dry finish. Drink now.