employing predominantly whole-cluster fermentation and thoughtful oak management that allows the vineyard’s mineral intensity to dominate
Clos du Chêne Vert is one of Chinon's mythical parcels: a monopole on southwest-facing clay-limestone slopes within the city itself
their expression of Monvigliero leans into delicacy and perfume
between 600 and 1
crafted to showcase the best of both varieties
Paolo Bea, Sagrantino di Montefalco Secco "Vigneto Cerrete", 2019 LOIRECOUNT1123 employing predominantly whole-cluster fermentation andMonumental Sagrantino from Montefalco's highest altitude vineyard45 days on skins, nearly 4 years in large Slavonian oak, only 3,933 bottles made. The Bea family has been documented in Montefalco since 1500; Paolo began commercial bottling in 1980 and his sons now continue. A founding member of Vini Veri, the estate refuses even copper sulfate in the vineyards. Unfiltered, unfined, minimal sulfurpure, powerful, built for decades.