PAOLO BEA ROSSO DE VEO MONTEFALCO 2019

95 POINTS, Vinous. "The 2019 Rosso de Veo is intense, with a burst of dried black cherries, autumnal spices and rubbed sage. This is a dark and brooding vintage for Veo, with depths of ripe red and blue fruit propelled by zesty acidity. Saline minerals saturate, and a primary concentration forms toward the close. It finishes dramatically long and tannic, yet they are round and soft contoured. Licorice and a tart cranberry concentration linger on and on." Organic, Made as a natural wine.

100% Sagrantino from the younger vines principally from the 'Cerrete' vineyard at Montefalco which graces the highest point in Montefalco, between 1300 and 1500 feet above sea level. The soil is clay and limestone infused with small pebbles from an ancient riverbed. This wine is vinified in a similar fashion to the single vineyard Sagrantino with a long cuvaison. Bottled without filtration. This is Sagrantino made the old-fashioned way. Complex, textured wine of size, amplitude and silty-grained tannins.