Paolo Bea, Umbria Rosso San Valentino, 2008 Matthiasson Fall 2024 Traditional semi-carbonic vinification

Traditional semi-carbonic vinification

the rows still delineated by the old Lehigh Valley Railroad ties

Under Roberto Conterno’s meticulous guidance

Bernhard Ott's Fass 4 is a reference point for what Grüner Veltliner can be when treated with rigor and care

Paolo Bea, Umbria Rosso San Valentino, 2008 Matthiasson Fall 2024 Traditional semi-carbonic vinificationUncompromising, 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