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Tenuta Bellafonte

Bevagna · Perugia (PG)
← Umbria
Established
2005
Peter Heilbron
Yearly production
Estate
Location
Bevagna, Perugia (PG), Umbria
Perugia (PG)
Vineyard area
23 ha
Bevagna, Montefalco zone

Appellations

Montefalco Sagrantino DOCGMontefalco DOCSpoleto DOC

History

Peter Heilbron, a Milan native who held senior roles at Nestle, Perugina, Martini & Rossi and Heineken, left the corporate world in the mid-2000s to make wine.

Taking the late Gianfranco Soldera as his model, he bought about 23 hectares near Bevagna.

His energy-independent winery, built into the hillside, was completed in 2010; the estate makes about 2,000 cases a year.

Wines

Illustrative selection
Collenottolo Montefalco Sagrantino
Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG · Sagrantino
The estate's flagship Sagrantino.
Pomontino Montefalco Rosso
Montefalco DOC · Sangiovese, Sagrantino
Sangiovese-led Montefalco red.
Arneto Trebbiano Spoletino
Spoleto DOC · Trebbiano Spoletino
Native white.
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