Falesco is a 900-acre estate in Montefiascone, Lazio. The estate was founded in 1979 when the brothers Renzo and Riccardo Cotarella, both trained as winemakers, began buying vineyards and making wine in a region that had largely been abandoned by serious Italian winemakers. Since then the family has added estates in Umbria and other parts of Lazio, and the brothers and their adult children run a modern enterprise that makes a large portfolio of wines. Falesco makes 2.6 million bottles of wine a year, including reds, whites and roses. Their premium bottlings are Sangiovese, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignons.