Paolo Bea Umbria Rosso 'Rosso de Veo' 2019

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Paolo Bea Umbria Rosso 'Rosso de Veo' 2019Rosso de Veo (Veo is the way the familys name is pronounced in the old Umbrian dialect) is pure Sagrantino sourced from younger vines around the property and from parcels that dont quite make Giampieros rigorous cut for Pagliaro, Pipparello, and Cerrete. This sun marked 2019, clocking in at 14% alcohol and with a formidable 45 day maceration, is a potent and brooding wine that makes no concessions to polite society. Significant in its tannins, it

notes of which carry through onto a surprisingly precise and driving palate of exceptional length

54 mg/L total sulfur

A wine with a fine capacity to age

This cuvée spends 12 months in 600-liter barrels on its fine lees followed by an additional 12 months in stainless steel

“Les Voisines” (“the neighbors”) comes from 2

the Rosso is a field blend of all the red grape varieties grown at the domaine

rocky hillsides

is the kind of effortlessly soulful

green-tinted fruit from its poor soils

harvested with meticulous care to only include pristinely botrytized fruit

The grapes are sourced from a partially-terraced 1

which spoke of the Langhe source