Azienda Agricola Paolo Bea 'San Valentino' Umbria Rosso, 2019 chocolate a roast chicken with preserved

a roast chicken with preserved lemon and thyme

Starting with an intense bouquet of lemon zest

while that is the main varietal in this wine

The fruit comes from young vines on several plots of flinty gravely soil

Azienda Agricola Paolo Bea 'San Valentino' Umbria Rosso, 2019 chocolate a roast chicken with preservedComposed of 70% Sangiovese, 15% Sagrantino and 15% Montepulciano, San Valentino comes partly from young vines (a dozen years old or younger) which Bea sees as not quite ready for prime time in one of his crus, and partly from 40 to 50 year old vines from parcels not destined for inclusion in the crus. Fermented and aged two years in steel, then transferred to large Slavonian casks for two additional years, this wine spent around 30 days macerating on