2017 Paolo Bea Cerrete Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG, Italy Redbyrd Grape: Counoise

Grape: Counoise

Again and again

roasted sweet potato

Joshua David Stein (Author)

pumice-free soil

2017 Paolo Bea Cerrete Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG, Italy Redbyrd Grape: CounoiseIt 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), Cerrete yields a