Paolo Bea (3 L) 2017 Montefalco Sagrantino, Cerrete Vineyard DOCG
Item Number: 20516
UPC: None
Country: Italy
Region: Umbria
Sub Region: Umbria
Appellation/AVA: Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG
Estate Grown Wine: Yes
Vineyard Designation: Cerrete Vineyard
Vintage: 2017
Grape(s): 100% Sagrantino
Type: Wine - Red
Bottle Size: 3 L
Pack: 1
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 15
Viticulture: Practicing Organic
Elevation: 450 to 500 meters
With its mineral-rich soils and its acidity-enhancing altitude, Cerrete—the highest-altitude vineyard in Montefalco—yields a wine not more powerful than Bea’s other pure-Sagrantino titan Pagliaro, but with greater nuance and a finer expression of detail. In acknowledgment of its stature, Giampiero gives it an additional year in large Slavonian oak, making for a five-year stint in barrel before the prescribed resting period in bottle. This 2017 is a benchmark—soaringly aromatic (cumin, cardamom) and wild to its core, yet refined like a great old-school Brunello—with 44 days of maceration and an alcohol percentage of 15% which the wine supports effortlessly.