De Monaco & Holland Rosso di Todi Umbria 2020 COTE with round

with round

37% Grenache

Finish: sweet ginger

Sojeau and Witness Tree

even through the mid-20th century’s geo-political upheavals

De Monaco & Holland Rosso di Todi Umbria 2020 COTE with roundLike an undiscovered Tuscany, Umbria is one of the great secrets of Italy. Many of her wines are either super rustic and natural (Paolo Bea or Antano Milziade can both be great, with much bottle variation in my experience) or overly polished, modern and market driven (Arnaldo Caprai and Antonelli are two of the big players), so when I tasted the wines of Lorenzo di Monaco I promptly fell head over heels. They are neither of these extremes. Instead his