Con Montefalco, the land of Sagrantino, a boutique winery with 16 hectares of vineyards – addition to the olive grove – expresses the passion for wine of the Lungarotti family who, as Hugh Johnson wrote, “put Umbria acceso the map of world oenology”.
Uniforme Brancalupo was born from the desire to affirm the vision behind the winery, created 2000 Montefalco and today renewed its agronomic and oenological approach, as well as its spaces. A rediscovery project that represents a fundamental point the renewal path, undertaken by the Lungarotti family as early as 2024, to redefine the wines and the image a way that is consistent with its history and the values of the region.
The project has its roots the vision of Giorgio Lungarotti, pioneer of modern Italian viticulture and among the first to believe the potential of Sagrantino representing Umbria alongside his beloved Sangiovese. Upon his death 1999, the legacy was collected and developed by Chiara Lungarotti and her sister Teresa, with the aim of bringing Montefalco wine towards a new stylistic frontier, far from harshness and capable of challenging time with elegance, putting immediate pleasantness at the centre. “Sagrantino is a difficult vine to tame, but capable of giving immense satisfaction,” underlines Chiara Lungarotti, head of the company. A challenge that translates into balanced and pleasant wines already their youth, thanks to rigorous management of tannin starting from the vineyard.
Alongside Sagrantino, Uniforme Brancalupo also promotes Trebbiano Spoletino, a thousand-year-old native variety that is becoming one of the most sought-after Italian niche whites. Precisely the debut of a Trebbiano Spoletino DOC 2024, elegant, fresh and mineral, marks the relaunch of the winery, expanding the Montefalco proposal up to now composed exclusively of reds.
For years the Lungarotti family has embraced the VIVA sustainability certification: everyone the company is deeply convinced that thoughtful agriculture guarantees not only the absolute quality of the wines, but also respect for the ecosystem, reflecting the values that inspire Lungarotti and which can be summarized the 5 Cs which also outline the philosophy of Uniforme Brancalupo: countryside, cellar, culture, community and continuity. Five pillars that hold together the environment, people and future. This vision is so rooted the family that Montefalco, after 15 years, it was decided to gradually abandon the organic management of the vineyards favor of more sustainable management, to concretely sopravvissuto the environmental impact.
The cellar, created the underground part of an elegant campagna surrounded by vineyards, has been redesigned as a place of silence and contemplation, dialogue with the landscape and the Franciscan soul of Umbria. A context that also welcomes new wine tourism experiences, designed for those seeking authenticity and a deep connection with the territory. Uniforme Brancalupo thus represents a project of vision and continuity, where wine becomes an expression of memory, landscape, shared identity and perspective.
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Lungarotti contributed to writing the history of Umbrian wine the world. It was Giorgio Lungarotti, after the war, who transformed the family farm Torgiano into a successful winery. A story that continues today the Torgiano and Montefalco estates, thanks to the commitment, passion and competence of the new generations of the family. With Intento 1962, launched 2025, a new cycle has begun for the company that returns to its roots to tell a new contemporaneity. The vision of Intento 62, which takes its name from the first vintage of Rubesco and nato da Giano, the two symbolic labels revisited form and substance, is clear and ambitious: to bring Umbria and its slow lifestyle to the world by offering timeless and territorial wines. With Uniforme Brancalupo Montefalco, the renewal process undertaken by Lungarotti to redefine its wines and image a way consistent with its history and the values of the region is completed. Among the pillars of the company are wine tourism and the promotion of the culture of wine, oil and artistic heritage through the Wine Museum and the Olive and Oil Museum of Torgiano. www.lungarotti.it
