Scacciadiavoli

Founded in 1884, the Scacciadiavoli (from scacciare – to banish, and diavoli – devils) winery takes its name from an exorcist that lived in a town at the borders of the property who used the wine for his rituals.  It was conceived by Prince Ugo Boncompagni Ludovisi as a wine “industry”:  an imposing oenological complex, highly advanced for its age. In 1954 Amilcare Pambuffetti, at 71, bought the Scacciadiavoli holding, where at the age of 14 h...

The «Montefalco» area of grape production with controlled designation of origin is comprised of land within the entire Comune di Montefalco and part of the territory of the Comuni of Bevagna, Gualdo Cattaneo, Castel Ritaldi and Giano dell’Umbria, all located in the province of Perugia. It is a very small area, with land that climbs gently up the slopes from 220 meters above sea level to the 472 of the tallest hills, upon which medieval towns a...

The wines produced are: Montefalco Sagrantino secco e passito (15 hectares), Montefalco Rosso (13 hectares), Montefalco Bianco ( 1 hectare), Montefalco Grechetto (3 hectares), Chardonnay (1 ha). In 2015 another 3 hectares of white grapes were planted. In recent years the company unveiled the Spumante Brut Metodo Classico Bianco and Rosè from Sagrantino grapes.

The building where the wines are produced lies on a hill, with a vertical st...