Paolo Bea, Sagrantino, Cerrete, Montefalco, Umbria, Italy 2015 noinventory Parellada and Xarel·lo

Parellada and Xarel·lo

newly picked apples cooked in butter

with nuanced hints of oak and sweet baking spices

This Cakebread Cellars Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is blended from special spots throughout the region

Paolo Bea, Sagrantino, Cerrete, Montefalco, Umbria, Italy 2015 noinventory Parellada and Xarel·lo100% Sagrantino It 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),