Tasting Notes: Affectionately referred to as “teenage scoundrel”, the Freghino is the youngest red wine from La Segreta. As with all of their wines, there is still this classic, rustic, Italian red feeling here. The... Read More

Tasting Notes: Red wine made from 100% Ciliegiolo from vineyards ranging from 15 to 50 years old. The must ferments for 10 days on the skins with indigenous yeasts in open conical trunk vats without temperature control; then it... Read More

Tasting Notes: The second of Bea’s two early and highly influential skin-macerated white wines, “Santa Chiara” hails from the fabled Pagliaro cru, and combines roughly equal proportions of five varieties: Garganega,... Read More

Tasting Notes: The second of Bea’s two early and highly influential skin-macerated white wines, “Santa Chiara” hails from the fabled Pagliaro cru, and combines roughly equal proportions of five varieties: Garganega,... Read More

Estate History: References in the archives of Montefalco, the beautiful hill town in Umbria, document the presence of the Bea family in this locality as early as 1500. This tiny estate is the classic Italian fattoria, producing... Read More

Tasting Notes: This skin-contact 'orange' wine is from old vine Trebbiano Spoletino. It spends 35 days on its skins after pressing, followed by 210 additional days on the gross lees, resulting in a deep amber color, tannic... Read More

Tasting Notes: This rare and very special wine, made exclusively from Sagrantino, is harvested late and left to raisin for four months before pressing. As it air dries, a white mold forms that balances and concentrates the acid,... Read More

Tasting Notes: The fabled local grape of Montefalco is the Sagrantino and the Pagliaro vineyard, situated at 1300 feet in altitude, is dedicated in large part to this grape variety. The harvest of Sagrantino normally occurs during... Read More