Paolo Bea Umbria Rosso de Veo 2019 SPS21 transparent Pinot Noir

transparent Pinot Noir

and the Trousseau here (originally introduced to California as the Portuguese Bastardo in 1981) is planted on Honcut soils on gently sloping alluvial fans

it's an extraction question

and Sébastien's restrained hand keeps everything in line

Paolo Bea Umbria Rosso de Veo 2019 SPS21 transparent Pinot NoirPaolo Bea is an Umbrian superstar and one of the founding fathers of Italy's natural wine movement, an uncompromisingly old school estate where Giampiero Bea farms healthily and ages the wines patiently with minimal intervention. Rosso de Veo is drawn largely from the estate's younger Sagrantino vines on the Cerrete site, the highest point in Montefalco, and vinified much like the flagship Sagrantino, with a long 40 to 50 day maceration and years in