Rosso di Montefalco by Arnaldo Caprai - Regular but talented wine for all budget!

Dear Wine Lovers,

After a lot of requests, I decided to cite at least one regular wine per month, with "regular" I mean all those kind of wines that are found on the supermarket shelves.

There is a rule in my mind, also shared with a lot of wine lovers, that there is no decent wine above 7-8 euros per bottle. So I'd like to share my personal opinion with a fast recap.

Prices between:

300-7000 EUROS = wines for crazy-insane people

150-300 EUROS = wines for rich people

80-150 EUROS = wines for experts or fake experts with great self-esteem

40-80 EUROS = wines for wine lovers with an enthusiasm crisis

7-40 EUROS = wines for those of us who has understand everything

2-7 EUROS = unleaded fuel

Don't worry, there are a lot of good wines for daily use, easy to find and that you can enjoy without spend too much money.

Today I'd like to introduce you one of my favourite cheap wines, really well-done and with a price between 9 and 11 euros (depending on the distributor):

Rosso di Montefalco by Arnaldo Caprai

A lot of you know for sure that when I say "Montefalco" ( Umbria hills) that its one of the best place in the world to see marvellous landscapes and taste one of the most ancient, native and gorgeous wines of the world based on "Sagrantino" grape.

The father of this wine is the famous: "Sagrantino di Montefalco", here one of mine reviews on this gem:

http://wineloverscorner.blogspot.com/2009/11/sagrantino-di-montefalco-arnaldo-caprai.html

Here we have the little brother, "Rosso di Montefalco", that also includes the Sagrantino grape but for the minor part, because it consists of the Sangiovese grape (70%), Sagrantino (15%) and Merlot (15%). Sangiovese gives power, Sagrantino gives character and Merlot gives rotundity.

The colour is wonderful and will make you happily satisfied, its really brilliant ruby red, pls look at its colour for 30 seconds and then put all your nose in the glass (trust me) and smell; intense aromas, the wine is young, fresh, simple but also seductive. On the palate is powerful, a rich of mature red with fruit notes and with a lovable vanilla spices finish.

I always enjoy this wine and I always have some spare bottles in my cellar for some unscheduled dinners with friends.

Are there any other excuses not to begin to live & discover the delicious & magical world of wine?

...and remember stay thirsty, stay foolish :)

Angelo D'Alessandro

thedeliciousworld@gmail.com