{"title":"Paolo Bea","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bea family's roots in Montefalco run to the 1500s, when the land registry first recorded their presence in this small Umbrian hill town. For most of those centuries the property operated as a classic fattoria: wine, animals, olives, vegetables, everything in balance. It was Paolo Bea who, beginning in the 1970s, developed the winemaking philosophy that would eventually make his name synonymous with the Italian natural wine renaissance and bring the obscure Sagrantino grape to international attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaolo and his wife Marina ran the estate on a thoroughgoing farmer's logic: minimal technology, expressive results. While Italian wine fashions in the 1980s and 1990s ran toward extraction, concentration, and technical polish, the Beas moved in the opposite direction. Paolo was among the first Italian growers to adopt biodynamic agricultural methods. He co-founded the Vini Veri consortium, whose fair in Cerea became the founding event of the Italian natural wine movement. His son Giampiero, trained as an architect, returned to the family farm and assumed primary winemaking responsibility, deepening the estate's philosophical commitment. Giampiero stands today as the sole remaining co-founder of Vini Veri.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/paolo-bea\"\u003ePaolo Bea producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"santa-chiara-umbria-bianco-paolo-bea-umbria-italy-orange-wine","title":"Paolo Bea Santa Chiara Umbria Bianco 2018","description":"\u003cp\u003eSanta Chiara is made by the Bea family at Azienda Agricola Paolo Bea in Montefalco, Umbria, Italy, where references in local archives document the family's presence as early as 1500. The wine is a skin-macerated white blend of roughly equal proportions of Grechetto, Malvasia, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, and Garganega from the Pagliaro vineyard. The grapes ferment together in stainless steel without additions or temperature regulation. The wine is bottled without fining or filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paolo Bea","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8470752460855,"sku":"PBEASANT17C","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/santa-chiara-umbria-bianco-paolo-bea-umbria-italy-orange-wine-deslop.png?v=1784265337"},{"product_id":"arboreus-orange-paolo-bea-natural-wine","title":"Paolo Bea Arboreus Orange 2014","description":"\u003cp\u003eArboreus is an orange wine produced by Paolo Bea in Umbria, Italy, in the hills between Trevi and Montefalco. It is made from Trebbiano Spoletino, a regional Trebbiano clone, grown on old vines trained up trees in the vite maritata method. After crushing and destemming, the wine ferments spontaneously and remains in contact with the skins for up to three weeks or more. It is then aged in stainless steel tanks for at least two years prior to bottling, with no sulfur added.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paolo Bea","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37954380923079,"sku":"1280","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/arboreus-orange-paolo-bea-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784583388"},{"product_id":"pipparello-riserva-paolo-bea-natural-wine","title":"Paolo Bea Pipparello Riserva 2015","description":"\u003cp\u003ePipparello is a Montefalco Rosso Riserva from Paolo Bea, an estate in Montefalco, Umbria, whose family has been documented in the locality since 1500 and which began bottling wine in 1980. The 2015 is a blend of 60% Sangiovese, 25% Montepulciano, and 15% Sagrantino. The Pipparello vineyard is a hilltop site at around 400 meters above sea level on clay and gravel soils, with vines a minimum of 20 years old. After alcoholic fermentation the wine spends a year in stainless steel tanks and then two years in large oak barrels, and is released after an additional year of bottle aging.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paolo Bea","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37954638643399,"sku":"PBEAPIPP15C","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/pipparello-riserva-paolo-bea-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784583396"},{"product_id":"san-valentino-rosso-paolo-bea-natural-wine","title":"Paolo Bea San Valentino Rosso 2015","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaolo Bea is a family estate in Montefalco, Umbria, where the Bea family's recorded presence dates to the 1500s. The San Valentino Umbria Rosso 2015 is sourced from the San Valentino vineyard, a single site at 1300 feet altitude with clay-dominated soil planted to vines over 50 years old. The 2015 is a blend of 70% Sangiovese with 15% Sagrantino and 15% Montepulciano. The vineyards are farmed organically, grapes are harvested manually, and the wine is bottled without fining or filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paolo Bea","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37954769060039,"sku":"PBEAROSS15","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/san-valentino-rosso-paolo-bea-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784583404"},{"product_id":"pagliaro-sagrantino-montefalco-paolo-bea-natural-wine","title":"Paolo Bea Pagliaro Sagrantino 2015","description":"\u003cp\u003ePagliaro is a single-vineyard Sagrantino made by Azienda Agricola Paolo Bea in Montefalco, Umbria, Italy. The wine is 100% Sagrantino sourced from the Pagliaro vineyard, situated at 1,300 feet in altitude. After crushing and destemming, the grapes ferment spontaneously, with a cuvaison of forty to fifty days. The wine is then aged one year in stainless steel, two years in large Slavonian oak barrels and one year in bottle, and is bottled unfiltered.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paolo Bea","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39678032806087,"sku":"PBEAPAGL15C","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/pagliaro-sagrantino-montefalco-paolo-bea-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784583582"},{"product_id":"rosso-de-veo-umbria-rosso-paolo-bea-natural-wine","title":"Paolo Bea Rosso de Veo 2015","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaolo Bea is a producer in Montefalco, Umbria, with the Bea family documented in the locality as early as 1500. Rosso de Veo is a selection of the estate's younger Sagrantino vines, principally from the Cerrete vineyard at the highest point in Montefalco, between 1300 and 1500 feet above sea level. The soil is clay and limestone infused with small pebbles from an ancient riverbed. The wine is vinified with a long cuvaison of forty to fifty days, then aged one year in stainless steel tanks, two years in large oak barrels and another year in bottle before release.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paolo Bea","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39678127210695,"sku":"PBEADVEO15C","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/rosso-de-veo-umbria-rosso-paolo-bea-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784583590"},{"product_id":"lapideus-paolo-bea-natural-wine","title":"Paolo Bea Lapideus 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eLapideus is made by Paolo and Giampiero Bea, a family estate in Umbria, central Italy, documented in the archives of Montefalco as early as 1500. The wine comes from 80-year-old Trebbiano Spoletino vines in the town of Pigge di Trevi. It is a skin-contact white that spends 35 days on the skins after pressing, followed by 210 additional days on the gross lees. The estate farms organically and bottles without fining or filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paolo Bea","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42299219673304,"sku":"1268","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/lapideus-paolo-bea-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784584189"},{"product_id":"paolo-bea-cerrete-montefalco-sagrantino-2019","title":"Paolo Bea Cerrete Montefalco Sagrantino 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaolo Bea is a family estate in Montefalco, Umbria, that began bottling wine in 1980 and farms without chemical or artificial intervention in the vineyard or winery. The Cerrete bottling is 100% Sagrantino from the highest-altitude vineyard in Montefalco, planted at 450 to 500 meters on poor, mineral-rich soils. Fermentation begins naturally after a 45-day maceration, then the wine spends a year in steel tanks before resting for an extended period in large Slavonian oak barrels. The wines are bottled without fining or filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paolo Bea","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51880956133592,"sku":"PAOLOBEA-CERRETE","price":240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/paolo-bea-cerrete-montefalco-sagrantino-2019-deslop.png?v=1784590896"},{"product_id":"paolo-bea-sagrantino-passito-2011","title":"Paolo Bea Sagrantino Passito 2011","description":"\u003cp\u003e The Bea family has been farming in the municipality of Montefalco, Italy for hundreds of years.   This 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, sugar and tannins.   The wine is then aged in stainless steel for four years or more and then an extra in bottle.   Organic and Biodynamic. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paolo Bea","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51881076130008,"sku":"PAOLOBEA-PASSITO","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/paolo-bea-sagrantino-passito-2011-deslop.png?v=1784590903"}],"url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/collections\/paolo-bea.oembed","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}