The 2012 Montefalco Sagrantino Secco Cerrete enters the palate silky, yet unveils a mineral-intense core of tart red fruits and savory spices that give way to a saturation of well-chiseled tannin. Persistent yet massively structured, the Cerrete lingers incredibly long, but it remains achingly dry and poised in its youthful state. The 2012 is in need of a good cellaring to truly blossom, but it has all of the primary concentration, acidity and balance to one day become an epic Sagrantino from this high-elevation site at 450-500 meters in altitude.