![]() ![]() Vinification is carried out in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks and the best reds are refined in French oak. In the last few years the prominent enologist Riccardo Cotarella has consulted with the winery. The Sportoletti brothers also own 3,000 olive trees on land that is 1,600 feet in altitude, on the slope of the Monte Subasio.Ĭentered upon the lush Apennine Range in the center if the Italian peninsula, Umbria is one of the few completely landlocked regions in Italy. It’s star red grape variety, Sagrantino, finds its mecca around the striking, hilltop village of Montefalco. The resulting wine, Sagrantino di Montefalco, is an age-worthy, brawny, brambly red, bursting with jammy, blackberry fruit and earthy, pine forest aromas. By law this classified wine has to be aged over three years before it can be released from the winery and Sagrantino often needs a good 5-10 more years in bottle before it reaches its peak. Incidentally these wines often fall under the radar in the scene of high-end, age-begging, Italian reds, giving them an almost cult-classic appeal. Rosso di Montefalco, on the other had, is composed mainly of Sangiovese and is a more fruit-driven, quaffable wine to enjoy while waiting for the Sagrantinos to mellow out.Īmong its green mountains, perched upon a high cliff in the province of Terni, sits the town of Orvieto. Orvieto, the wine, is a blend of at least 60% Trebbiano in combination with Grechetto, with the possible addition of other local white varieties. Two hundred years ago, cocktails were pretty much a standard mixture of BY THE GLASS 25 Le Marchesine Millesimato Satén Brut 5 Btl 1,928 Prices are quoted in Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) and are subject to 10% Service Charge and 6% SST GLENFARCLAS 12 YEARS RM 567 Absolut Blue VodkaīOWMORE 12 YEARS RM 1,688 Havana Club 3 years TOBERMORY 10 YEARS RM 678 House Pouring WinesīENROMACH 10 YEARS RM 1,388 *Please check with your friendly server SPRINGBANK 12 YEARS RM 567 ROSSO & BIANCO A great Orvieto will have clean aromas and flavors of green apple, melon and citrus, and have a crisp, mineral-dominant finish.Fast Moving Classic Booze SUNSET HOURS 15ĪBSOLUT ELYX RM 550 G.H.Mumm Brut ‘’Cordon Rouge’’ NV, 18ĪRDBERG RM 580 Sanfeletto, Prosecco di Conegliano - 35ĪUCHENTOSHAN 18 YEARS RM 780 Valdobbiadene Brut DOCG, Veneto, Italy 33 Orvieto is the center of Umbria’s white wine production-and anchor of the region’s entire wine scene-producing over two thirds of Umbria’s wine. John Jameson 30Ĭonveniently, and history be damned, this gives us a category where we can Canadian Club 35 Redefined to envelop any concoction we can think of that has booze in it. ![]() Magnificient 7 57 Glenfiddich 12 years 48 Park drinks that might fit into several of the other families of drinks, and Johnnie Walker Black Label 38Ĭreate some new categories of our own. Read more.Mellow Sundown Cocktail 57 Glenfarclas 30 years 3,888īarrel aged vodka | Passionfruit purée | Apple syrup | Lime juice | Glenfiddich 30 years 8,888 Sous vide Rye whiskey with honeydew | Lime sorbet | Apple juice | Orange & 6,888īeer reduction | Peychaud bitters Dalmore 1981 Matusalem 5,588 Rye Meets Honey 42 VINTAGE AND RARE 2,988 Kaffir lime leaves | Clarified lime juice | East imperial tonic The Macallan 12 years 7,888 Sous vide Gin with pandan & lemongrass | St. Gamay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Canaiolo are also grown. Sagrantino accounts for only about 250 acres of Umbria’s vineyards, and it grows nowhere else in Italy, one reason why Sagrantino has become something of a cult wine. ![]() But the unique red grape of Umbria is Sagrantino, a deep, dark grape that makes tannic, spicy wines. Sangiovese is the dominant red grape, and it is used for blending. With the rise of the Lungarotti winery and several others, however, distinctive red wines have also become part of the Umbrian wine portfolio. Orvieto blends often include the regional grapes Grechetto and Verdello, and may also include Trebbiano and Drupeggio. Until the last decade or two, the white wines of Orvieto were Umbria’s best-known wines. Umbria is now the sixth largest of Italy’s 20 regions in the quantity t of DOC wines produced. Today there are two DOCGs and ten DOCs in Umbria, and 30% of the 41,000 vineyard acres are in classified appellations. ![]() In 1968 the area was awarded its first DOC appellation. A rich agricultural area famous for olive oil, grains and black truffles, commercial winemaking was not a priority until the mid-20th century, when Giorgio Lungarotti slowly turned his family’s long-held estate from a general agricultural enterprise to commercial vineyards and a winery. Umbria is a relatively small region tucked up against the eastern edge of Tuscany and the Marche’s western border. ![]()
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