sentences:  This makes for excellent storage characteristics, which are required since it is highly astringent when young, but improves with age.Passito (sweet wine) is a more traditional Italian dried straw wine style.Montefalco Sagrantino Passito DOCG must also be made only from 100% sagrantino grapes from within the same defined area as the secco DOCG, the bunches dried in air for at least two months to reduce the water content and thus concentrate the juice produced from pressing.