2018 Denier-Handal Dry Creek Valley Sagrantino

Producer: Denier-Handal  
Region: Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County, California 
Varietal: Sagrantino  
Year: 2018 

Gold Medal, 91 Points - 2025 Press Democrat North Coast Wine Challenge 

"Pretty spice, lovely integrated plum. Savory." 

Gold Medal Winner - 2025 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition 

Gold Medal Winner - 2024 Sonoma County Harvest Fair 

Winemaker Notes: 

"We first tried Sagrantino while visiting our friend Don Angelo in Umbria, Italy. Since that first taste, we have become obsessed with the grape. We planted the Sagrantino block in Dry Creek Valley with bud wood obtained from the University of California Davis.  

Sagrantino grown here boasts much of the same qualities as its Italian siblings including rich tannins, intense earthy aromas and ripe dark fruit flavors. Initial aromas of dried cherry that develop into more complex aromas of raspberry, leather, dried rose petals, dried figs and cocoa.  On the palate the wine opens almost immediately with assertive chalky tannins very characteristic of the Sagrantino grape. The tannins support the dark berry fruit with elements of ripe figs and bitter almond cookies." 

Alcohol: 15.3%  

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