Paolo Bea, Sagrantino di Montefalco Secco "Vigneto Cerrete", 2019 bis-hidden aged 2 years in 25-27

aged 2 years in 25-27 hectoliter Slavonian oak botti

and a hint of strawberry—accompanied by subtle floral notes of violet and rose

then landed on Mount Etna in 2012 working with Arianna Occhipinti and Passopisciaro

including younger vines from the grand cru Felseneck

but still firm—plum

Paolo Bea, Sagrantino di Montefalco Secco "Vigneto Cerrete", 2019 bis-hidden aged 2 years in 25-27Monumental Sagrantino from Montefalco's highest altitude vineyard45 days on skins, nearly 4 years in large Slavonian oak, only 3,933 bottles made. The Bea family has been documented in Montefalco since 1500; Paolo began commercial bottling in 1980 and his sons now continue. A founding member of Vini Veri, the estate refuses even copper sulfate in the vineyards. Unfiltered, unfined, minimal sulfurpure, powerful, built for decades.