crunchy cherry-pit Cab Franc
aged 2 years in 25-27 hectoliter Slavonian oak botti
then landed on Mount Etna in 2012 working with Arianna Occhipinti and Passopisciaro
including younger vines from the grand cru Felseneck
and a hint of strawberry—accompanied by subtle floral notes of violet and rose
Paolo Bea, Sagrantino di Montefalco Secco "Vigneto Cerrete", 2019 bis-hidden crunchy cherry-pit Cab FrancMonumental 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.