The Tenuta Alzatura 2019 Montefalco Rosso is 70% Sangiovese, 15% Merlot and 15% Sagrantino made in an informal and easy-drinking style. The wine shows dark fruit, plum and blackberry preserves. It offers moderate depth to the palate, but the tannic structure from the Sagrantino comes through nevertheless. This is a good wine to pair with fried foods or a simple burger and fries.

Tobacco notes dominate the 2018 Montefalco Rosso from Tenuta Alzatura, while the fruit is a bit dried out. This is a medium-bodied blend of 70% Sangiovese with equal parts Sagrantino and Merlot, showing touches of tea leaf and dried oregano. Some 20,000 bottles were made. Try it with lamb stew or game meat.

Tenuta Alzatura is owned by the Cecchi family of Castellina in Chianti in neighboring Tuscany. The 2015 Montefalco Rosso is a blend of 70% Sangiovese, 15% Sagrantino and 15% Merlot, all aged in French barrique for 14 months. This is a nicely balanced red with lots of dark fruit layering, succulence and exuberance. That happy richness is very much a part of the vintage personality, and it's nice to see it transmitted to this wine in such a clear and seamless manner. Some 13,000 bottles were made.

The 2014 Montefalco Rosso is a blend of 70% Sangiovese, 15% Sagrantino and 15% Merlot. This pretty wine pushes a lot of buttons. It offers freshness, structure and ripe berry flavors. It shows good textural richness with genuine and immediate simplicity. Some 13,000 bottles were produced in this vintage.

The 2011 Montefalco Rosso is a spicy and savory red wine (made with 70% Sangiovese, 15% Sagrantino and 15% Merlot aged in oak for 14 months). This expression shows extra doses of tobacco and leather that add to the smoky and spice-driven motif expressed by this Umbrian red. There is less fruit here, but what does come through resembles dried blackberry or cherry marmalade. This is a bold and structured wine on the Montefalco Rosso scale.