Paolo Bea Umbria Rosso de Veo 2019 SO20231109 A genuine piece of Barolo

A genuine piece of Barolo history: a 1966 from Fratelli Barale

Melascone is the old Biellese dialect word for Nebbiolo — and locally it also doubled as shorthand for the everyday red

brooding member of the southern Rhône family

the wine pours pale and bright

this vintage reveals the old-fashioned know-how of Veuve Fourny: manual grape-stomping and long maceration

Paolo Bea Umbria Rosso de Veo 2019 SO20231109 A genuine piece of BaroloPaolo Bea is an Umbrian superstar and one of the founding fathers of Italy's natural wine movement, an uncompromisingly old school estate where Giampiero Bea farms healthily and ages the wines patiently with minimal intervention. Rosso de Veo is drawn largely from the estate's younger Sagrantino vines on the Cerrete site, the highest point in Montefalco, and vinified much like the flagship Sagrantino, with a long 40 to 50 day maceration and years in