Bea's 'Rosso de Véo' is produced from the estate's younger Sagrantino vines, principally from the Cerrete vineyard. The wine is crafted in a similar fashion to the single vineyard Sagrantino with an extended fermentation of forty to fifty days. The wine is maturated for one year in stainless, before heading to oak for two years, before finishing with a year of bottle maturation prior to release. Dense with blackberry and plus, dried herbs and leather, the wine shows huge tannins but with balanced, refreshing acidity. No estate looms larger in the central Italian region of Umbria than Paolo Bea. The Bea family, who trace their Umbrian history back over 500 years, are practically synonymous with the Montefalco appellation. Paolo, a staunchly old-school Italian farmer who speaks such a thick Umbrian dialect that he is almost incomprehensible to outsiders, has been producing incredibly expressive wines using the barest minimum of technology and input for decades—unknowingly becoming a prime representation of the very best of what would become the "natural wine" movement. In the '80's and 90's, the estate was perhaps left behind a bit (depending on whose talking), as the modernization-obsessed Italian market moved in a different direction than Bea's convictions allowed, but for a select few wine-lovers and importers, he carried a very special flame in the world of Italian wine. Over the years, the wine world has realized the lack of verve and energy in the overproduced, modern wines, and thankfully Paolo Bea, and now his son Giampiero, are here to show us a different way. 14.0% ABV
