Paolo Bea 'Rosso de Veo' Umbria Rosso

Paolo Bea is one of Italy's most revered traditional producers, a benchmark estate for those who value wines of place, character, and authenticity. Based in Montefalco, the Bea family farms organically and works with native yeasts, long macerations, and minimal intervention in the cellar, allowing their wines to speak clearly of Umbria's rugged hillsides and ancient winemaking traditions.

Rosso de Veo is crafted entirely from Sagrantino, showcasing the grape's power and personality in a slightly more approachable style. Deep and complex, it offers expressive notes of black cherry, blackberry, dried herbs, lavender, thyme, earth, and citrus peel, all framed by vibrant acidity, firm tannins, and remarkable length.

Vinous Media, 95 points: "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. While labeled as Umbria Rosso, the Rosso de Veo could easily be a Montefalco Sagrantino, filling a happy place in the portfolio that adds a lot of value for lovers of Paolo Bea."