The Event: Come Wine With Me: Montefalco Wine Makers Visit Toronto

The Date and Time:  Monday November 23, 2015  2PM to 5PM

The Event: Come Wine With Me: Montefalco Wine Makers Visit Toronto

The Venue: CIBO Wine Bar, Yonge Street

The Target Audience: wine writers, clients

The Availability/Catalogue: The tasting was in two sections. The first was last week at Casa Loma, which I missed since I was preparing a dinner that night. There were four wineries with about 12 wines (Scacciadiavoli, Caprai, Perticaia, and Cerro) total. Today, there were five wines from Bellafonte and Le Cimate.

The Quote/Background: There are five basic wines from Umbria's Montefalco – Montefalco Bianco (50%+ grechetto, rest is 20-35% trebbiano and other grapes such as vermentino), Montefalco Rosso and Rosso Riserva (70% sangiovese, rest is sagrantino and others), Montefalco Sagrantino (100%), and Montefalco Sagrantino Passito (100% sweet red).

The Wines:

 

**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):

-Le Cimate Montefalco Rosso 2011, $464 case of 12 elizabeth@cottonwoodagency.com

 

***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 90 in Quality/Price Rating terms):

-Tenuta Bellafonte Montefalco Sagrantino 2011     Perugini Fine Wines paul@perugini.ca

-Le Cimate Montefalco Aragon Bianco 2013, $392 (12)  elizabeth@cottonwoodagency.com

-Le Cimate Montefalco Saudade Rosato 2014, $416 (12) elizabeth@cottonwoodagency.com

-Le Cimate Montefalco Sagrantino 2010, $464 case of 6 elizabeth@cottonwoodagency.com

 

The Food: sun-dried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, cheeses, veggies and dried fruit, pickled eggplant slices, olives.

The Downside: only 5 wines

The Upside: a small gathering made it easier to negotiate and talk to people.

The Contact Person: hruggier@budmanpr.com

The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 86.

 

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