Paolo Bea, Sagrantino, Cerrete, Montefalco, Umbria, Italy 2015 women-winemaker intense and savory

intense and savory

dusky caraway

and a bounty of orchard fruits shine through accompanied by a penetrating acidity and intense mineral character

including a few fermented with skin contact

Brilliant in color

Paolo Bea, Sagrantino, Cerrete, Montefalco, Umbria, Italy 2015 women-winemaker intense and savory100% Sagrantino It is difficult to believe that Montefalco Sagrantino can get any more profound than Beas 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 wasnt until the 2007 vintage that Giampiero deemed the vines old enough to do justice to the crus potential. With its poor, mineral rich soils and its acidity preserving altitude (450 to 500 meters),