Paolo Bea "Pagliaro" Sagrantino Secco di Montefalco 2015

Country: Italy

Region: Umbria

Type: Red Wine

Grape: Sagrantno

Paolo Bea started bottling wine in 1980 and has continued his family's tradition of natural winemaking; not using any chemical or artificial intervention in the vineyard or the winery, observing the phases of the moon and respecting nature above all.

The fabled local grape of Montefalco is the Sagrantino and the Pagliaro vineyard, situated at 1300 feet in altitude, is dedicated in large part to this grape variety. The harvest of Sagrantino normally occurs during the second half of October. The cuvaison extends for forty to fifty days. The wines is then aged for one year in stainless steel, another two years in large Slavonian oak barrels and, finally, spends one more year in bottle (the wine, like all Bea wines, is unfiltered) before release. 

Bea's flagship wine, it offers generous aromatics of leather and tobacco, baking spices and incense. On the palate, juicy wild red and black berries, chewy tannins and a savory minerality give way to a lengthy finish.