Your cart is empty!
2017 Paolo Bea Cerrete Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG, Italy
$175.00
It is difficult to believe that Montefalco Sagrantino can get any more profound than Bea’s beloved “Pagliaro,” but indeed it can. The family has owned a parcel in Cerrete, the highest-altitude vineyard in Montefalco, for some time, but it wasn’t until the 2007 vintage that Giampiero deemed the vines old enough to do justice to the cru’s potential. With its poor, mineral-rich soils and its acidity-preserving altitude (450 to 500 meters), Cerrete yields a wine not more powerful than “Pagliaro”—in fact, it comes across as lighter on its feet—but with greater nuance, as if the settings on a microscope were dialed up to render even more detail. In acknowledgment of its stature, Giampiero gives it an additional year in large Slavonian oak, making for an astonishing five-year elevage before the requisite long resting period in Bea’s dark, cool bottle cellar. - Madrose
Landing 04/15
Specs
- Country Italy
- Region Umbria
- Appellation Montefalco
- Style Red Wine
- Producer Paolo Bea
- Farming Practices Organic
- Grapes Sagrantino
- Food Pairings Gamey Meats, Braised Things, Steak!, Red Sauce
- Characteristics Wild Side, Flexes w/ Food, Has Age, Dressed to Impress, Black or Blue Fruit, Big Power
- This item is not eligible for discount.
AS SEEN IN...
These could only be from Umbria
New releases from Paolo Bea and Collecapretta have us thinking: landlocked, defined by indigenous varietals and with a slate of referential natural producers – Umbria might just be the most unique place in Italian wine.
Read More