2017 Paolo Bea Cerrete Montefalco Sagrantino 1.5L Magnum DOCG, Italy Cruse Wine Co. 10 mg/l Total SO2

10 mg/l Total SO2

in contrast to the old-vines cuvée which is always fermented entirely whole-cluster

Rostaing's Ampodium is elegant

2019 Gaudioso Catarratto Terre Siciliane IGT Sicily

The fruit was fermented open-air in a traditional oak French cuve

2017 Paolo Bea Cerrete Montefalco Sagrantino 1.5L Magnum DOCG, Italy Cruse Wine Co. 10 mg/l Total SO2It is difficult to believe that Montefalco Sagrantino can get any more profound than Beas beloved Pagliaro, but indeed it can. The family has owned a parcel in Cerrete, the highest altitude vineyard in Montefalco, for some time, but it wasnt until the 2007 vintage that Giampiero deemed the vines old enough to do justice to the crus potential. With its poor, mineral rich soils and its acidity preserving altitude (450 to 500 meters), Cerrete yields a