The 2000 Montefalco 25 Anni simply multiplies all the elements exponentially with room-filling aromas of sweet berry fruit and perfectly integrated oak and a mouth-coating cascade of ripe fruit, powerful, dense, and sensual tannins in a swelling flow of unrelieved pleasure. I would be very surprised if this wine did not last another two decades. One of the greatest pleasures in my professional life over the past fifteen years has been the discovery of the wines of Marco Caprai and, through him, the tremendous potential of Sagrantino, at the time a totally unknown grape which no one, even in the wildest stretch of his imagination, could have ever considered a variety capable of giving some of Italy’s greatest wines. Some of Italy’s most important professionals work here, Leonardo Valenti of the University of Milan in the vineyards, Attilio Pagli in the cellars, but, in the last analysis, it is the owner who counts, the man - a very young one at the time – who decided he wanted to make great wine and put the capital and energy to work to realize the dream. Importer: Villa Italia, San Francisco, CA; tel. (650) 873-6060