2019 Paolo Bea Montefalco Rosso “San Valentino”, Umbria, ItalyABOUT THIS WINE This wine is sourced from the San Valentino vineyard in Montefalco the soil of which is dominated by clay. The vineyard is at 1300 feet altitude. The composition of the Montefalco Rosso is 70% Sangiovese, 15% Sagrantino and 15% Montepulciano, all from a 50 year old vineyard containing the constituent grapes. Harvest usually occurs in the final ten days of October. Bea puts all the dry reds through extensive cuvaison. In this instance,

no other additions were made

This process allows the maintenance of the freshness and fruit notes

"Domaine du Rochoy" is a 10-hectare slope

"La Bodega de Reservas"

Height: 15"

Although the winemaking technique is more modern today

Loire) and Antoine Foucault (Domaine du Collier

sixteen acres have been developed by renowned viticulturist David Abreu

coinciding with a document dated 1848 that attests to Borgogno’s first wine sale

preferring to rely on a process of de-budding

With these old vineyards

He became the first generation to bottle the family’s production himself and commercialize it under a family label