Fifty years of Arnaldo Caprai: Montefalco Sagrantino becomes a work of art

The limited edition wears a brand new label in pure gold by international artist Paolo Canevari

Inspired by Benozzo Gozzoli's 'Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria' panel, dated 1466 and housed in the Franciscan Museum in Montefalco, the gold leaf signed by international artist Paolo Canevari as the label celebrating 50 years of the Arnaldo Caprai winery, which will cover 2400 bottles of the limited edition of Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG CINQUANT'ANNI, a bottle created to celebrate 50 years, precisely, of the famous Umbrian winery. Precious, elegant, strongly evocative of the bond between the Arnaldo Caprai winery and its territory and of all the history, traditions and culture that Sagrantino can tell in the glass, the limited edition of the CINQUANT'ANNI Montefalco Sagrantino Special Edition 2016 celebrates not only the important anniversary of the winery led by Marco Caprai, but also pays homage to the entire territory.

"In his eclectic minimalism, Paolo Canevari has captured our company's bond with the territory, as well as the significant parallelism between art and wine, succeeding in synthesising our first fifty years in a label that is to all intents and purposes a work of art. His artist's eye has translated into something tangible what has always characterised us: the constant search for excellence with an eye to the future and our feet firmly anchored in our roots,' explains Marco Caprai, owner of Arnaldo Caprai

Paolo Canevari can be defined as a refined and brutal, ironic and violent, minimalist and baroque artist, without, however, framing him within an aesthetic scheme: in his practice, in fact, he uses various materials and media ranging from sculpture to installation, from drawing to video, although he is mainly known for having used inner tube and tyre rubber in his works since the early 1990s. After living and working for almost fourteen years in the United States and in particular in New York, he currently lives in Rome where he teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts (his full profile is attached).

The celebratory edition of Montefalco Sagrantino Docg CINQUANT'ANNI Arnaldo Caprai with a gold label was handcrafted by involving other important Italian companies: Giusto Manetti Battiloro, a historic Florentine company that produces and sells gold leaf, now led by the fifteenth generation of the Manetti family, which has been practising the art of gold leaf-beating since 1602 (https://www.manetti.com/about-us/la-nostra-storia/); the famous Florentine graphic studio Doni&associati for the design of the graphics contained in the label designed by Canevari and produced and engraved by Giusto Manetti Battiloro. The recommended retail price of the bottle will be 330 euros.