2020 Paolo Bea, Umbria Rosso 'San Valentino', Italy Bachey-Legros iron-laced soils of La Landonne

iron-laced soils of La Landonne

quenching thats as much fun to drink as it to look at

where they ferment spontaneously with indigenous yeasts and no sulfur

40-year-old vines

Wine making: Fermentations occur is a combination of stainless & used large oak

2020 Paolo Bea, Umbria Rosso 'San Valentino', Italy Bachey-Legros iron-laced soils of La LandonneThis wine is sourced from the San Valentino vineyard in Montefalco the soil of which is dominated by clay. The vineyard is at 1300 feet altitude. The composition of the Montefalco Rosso is 70% Sangiovese, 15% Sagrantino and 15% Montepulciano, all from a 50 year old vineyard containing the constituent grapes. Harvest usually occurs in the final ten days of October. Bea puts all the dry reds through extensive cuvaison. In this instance, the wine usually