2020 Paolo Bea, Umbria Rosso 'San Valentino', Italy La Rogerie 20% Cinsault from 40-70 year

20% Cinsault from 40-70 year old vines on schiste

From a single vineyard directly below Les Crayères in Ambonnay

and because of that it makes the perfect rosato…for any season

there's just the slightest dash of skins included for "an extra touch of identity" as Zoli puts it

Claude describes it as a chance to taste Charlemagne as a red

2020 Paolo Bea, Umbria Rosso 'San Valentino', Italy La Rogerie 20% Cinsault from 40-70 yearThis 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, the wine usually