Bea baby Bea

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Matteo Mollo

Matteo Mollo
Fresh off the rosenthal tanker I enjoyed my first (of many) bottle of the "Baby Bea", San Valetino Umbria Rosso last night with a simple bowl of amatriciana. I am a die hard bea fan and it is really nice to be able to enjoy this all together beautiful wine at a much more affordable price (~35$). Classic Bea nose with some wild herbs, etc and assertive but pleasurable tannins that i am sure will subside once the wine has been state side for a bit. This wine just may destroy my taste for all similarly priced Chianti Riserve and things of the like. The top bottling is always really special to me and this does not replace it but it is nice to be able to crack a Bea more frequently.

Breakdown is around 40% sagrantino with the rest being sangiovese and montepulciano as per usual, though it is 100% Bea.

fuck yeah.
 
Are you sure the sagrantino portion of that is that high? I seem to recall even his 'riserva' Rosso had only something like 20% in it. For the price, this sounds like good juice indeed.
 
originally posted by MarkS:
Are you sure the sagrantino portion of that is that high? I seem to recall even his 'riserva' Rosso had only something like 20% in it. For the price, this sounds like good juice indeed.
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I'm not speaking from specific knowledge of these particular wines, but Umbria Rosso is IGT while the Montefalco Rosso is DOC.

The Montefalco Rosso DOC mandates a very high (70%?) percentage of Sangiovese. The larger Umbria IGT zone would presumably allow more flexibility. I could imagine younger plantings (or grapes outside Montefalco, whether another holding by the family or purchased grapes) of Sagrantino going into the IGT wine that Bea might not want in the DOC(G) bottlings.
 
Yes, pretty certain of the percentages. Spoke direct to a friend at rosenthal. In 2006 there will no longer be a San Valentino Montefalco Rosso DOC it will go into this bottling. Not so for 05, which has just landed as well. You can come to The Wine Bottega in early May and ask for yourself, Gianpiero will be pouring with us (i forget the exact date).
 
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