Under Roberto Conterno’s meticulous guidance
The result preserves the deep mineral core while displaying ripe apple
the rows still delineated by the old Lehigh Valley Railroad ties
Drink soon — wines this old have a window
refined expression of Montalcino’s Sangiovese
Paolo Bea, Umbria Rosso San Valentino, 2008 Matthiasson Fall 2024 Under Roberto Conterno’s meticulous guidanceUncompromising, hand made Umbrian red from one of the godfathers of Italian natural wine. Giampiero Bea, co founder of Vini Veri, makes Montefalco wines the old way: native yeasts, long slow fermentations, years in big neutral casks, and bottling without fining or filtration. San Valentino blends Sangiovese with the region's brooding Sagrantino and some Montepulciano, off clay soils at around 1,300 feet. The 2008 is a mature bottle from a private