Tabarrini

Tabarrini

Umbria

Montefalco

Giampaolo Tabarrini is the fourth-generation steward of his family estate, just outside the town of Montefalco. The property looks somewhat similar to how it would have looked in his father’s time, and no doubt in that of his grandfather and even great-grandfather. The vines share the land with vegetable gardens, livestock, grain fields, fruit trees and olive trees. It’s the traditional way of Italian life, a self-sufficient one, but behind this, much has changed under Giampaolo’s stewardship. 

There are around 20 hectares under vine at Tabarrini, and he took on the responsibility for those vineyards and the winemaking when he was just 25. Before Giampaolo took the reins, the wine was sold off in...READ MORE

Tabarrini

Umbria

Montefalco

Giampaolo Tabarrini is the fourth-generation steward of his family estate, just outside the town of Montefalco. The property looks somewhat similar to how it would have looked in his father’s time, and no doubt in that of his grandfather and even great-grandfather. The vines share the land with vegetable gardens, livestock, grain fields, fruit trees and olive trees. It’s the traditional way of Italian life, a self-sufficient one, but behind this, much has changed under Giampaolo’s stewardship. 

There are around 20 hectares under vine at Tabarrini, and he took on the responsibility for those vineyards and the winemaking when he was just 25. Before Giampaolo took the reins, the wine was sold off in bulk, another farm product, if you will. In the late 90s, he decided to start bottling wine under the family name, and he has steadily shaped their label into one of the greatest in Umbria.

Viticulture is organic – as it has always been – and the vines are spread across several vineyards. Giampaolo originally made a single Montefalco Rosso, from the mandated Sangiovese and Sagrantino – the regional star – and a straight Sagrantino. But over time, he recognised the powerful differences between his sites for Sagrantino, with aspect, elevation and soil types generating wines of singular interest. Since 2003, he has bottled these sites as single vineyard expressions.
 
Today, Giampaolo’s Montefalco Rosso is made to a Riserva level, though it is not labelled as such, and it includes a little Barbera, which is a traditional inclusion that is largely forgotten in the region. His single vineyard Sagrantinos are some of the most compelling and characterful wines of Umbria, and his 'Adarmando' (a tribute to his maternal grandfather, Armando), made from Trebbiano Spoletino, is a white wine of rare pedigree in the region, and capable of ageing for a significant period. The wines are made traditionally, with no additives, bar sulphur, and the reds are mainly aged in large, old oak.

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