Roberto and I took a quick little early morning sojourn to visit BEA Winery (Paolo Bea Winery), met with Giampiero Bea (Paolo's son) to talk natural winemaking in a bunker of a winery that Roberto referred to as "a lair in a 007 film" ... let's take a look:
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| My usual last day breakfast room pic - where we picked up our morning starters |
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| And could have our coffee or tea overlooking the pool and surrounding gardens |
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| As for Paolo Bea Winery ... we start out in the vineyard |
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| Here Giampiero discusses leaf plucking and shoot thinning in the vineyard |
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| A look through the vineyard |
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| The catwalk over the tank room |
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| Drying grapes for the Passito |
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| "The bunker" - otherwise known as the barrel room |
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| For the first time this trip we actually tasted Sagrantino straight out of a barrel |
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| The BEA tasting room - it's true what your friends tell you, it really is a rickety old table in a converted kitchen |
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| Three vintage of Pagliaro (Sagrantino) 2005 - 2007 The '05 & '07 were lovely garnering 4-stars each; while the '06 seemed funky and gamey |
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| Newest Wine: 2007 Cerreto (Reserve) - 1 year in steel, 4 years in oak and released after 8 years dark fruit and spice with rhubarb, strawberry, blackberry and cassis (****+) |
And that's it ... 5 hours later we were all on a plane back to Canada ... Goodbye Montefalco - it was a quick whirlwind trip but one I would return to do again in a heartbeat.
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