2020 Paolo Bea Pagliaro Secco, Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG, Italy Brovia Provencal style white with time

Provencal style white with time

the grapes are harvested from 90-year-old vines

SOIL: A combination of basalt

Sister and brother

90% Hondarrabi Zuri and 10% Hondarrabi Zuri Zerratia from organically and biodynamically farmed  own-rooted vines planted at 300m in a south-facing 3-hectare parcel called Sorgintxulo near the town of Aia

2020 Paolo Bea Pagliaro Secco, Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG, Italy Brovia Provencal style white with timeThe fabled local grape of Montefalco is the Sagrantino and the Pagliaro vineyard, situated at 1300 feet in altitude, is dedicated in large part to this grape variety. The harvest of Sagrantino normally occurs during the second half of October. The cuvaison extends for forty to fifty days. The wines is then aged for one year in stainless steel, another two years in large Slavonian oak barrels and, finally, spends one more year in bottle (the wine, like