Paolo Bea Lapideus 2019, natural wine bottle at Primal Wine
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Paolo Bea Lapideus 2019

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$72.00
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Tasting notes

Lapideus has a deep amber color with a nose of apricots, cloves, and candied ginger. It is leaner and racier than the estate's Arboreus, with a precise sense of acidity, an underlying salinity, and subtle honeyed sweetness at its core. The fruit is direct and foregrounded, with mild tannins and structure. More info

  • Organic
  • Biodynamic
  • Unfiltered
  • Low Sulfites
BodyFruitTanninAcidity
ApricotCloveGingerSalt
Dry/Sweet: Dry
Wine Type: Orange Wine
Wine Style: Full Body
Grapes: Trebbiano Spoletino
Farming: Organic and Biodynamic
Vintage: 2019
Alcohol: 12%
Country: Italy
Region: Umbria
Appellation: Umbria Bianco IGT
Bottle Size: 750ml
Sugar Level: Zero Added Sugar

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Producer profile

Paolo Bea

The Bea family has farmed in the Montefalco area for nearly five centuries, and Paolo Bea began bottling wine commercially under the family name in 1980. The estate is located in the commune of Montefalco, at Località Cerrete, and Paolo works with his sons Giampiero and Giuseppe. Giampiero handles winemaking and label design, while Giuseppe works in the vineyards. Reported vineyard holdings range from about 11 hectares to 14.5 hectares of cultivable estate land, with annual production listed between 35,000 and 65,000 bottles depending on the vintage.

The estate farms organically and is also described as biodynamic, although a certification year is not specified in the available records. Its vineyards include Cerrete, Pagliaro, Pipparello, San Valentino, and Santa Chiara near Montefalco, with additional Trebbiano Spoletino planted in a rented parcel near Trevi. Estate soils are described as calcareous clay alternating with gravel layers. Plantings include Sagrantino, Montepulciano, Sangiovese, Trebbiano Spoletino, Grechetto, Malvasia, Garganega, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon. Reported cordon-trained spacing includes 3.00 by 1.50 metres and 2.50 by 1.00 metres.

At estate level, fermentations are described as spontaneous and carried out without temperature control. The winery uses stainless-steel tanks for at least some white-wine fermentations, while underground cellaring and wooden vessels are also part of the reported cellar practice. Giampiero Bea is responsible for cellar work, and Giuseppe Bea manages vineyard operations. The estate bottles wines unfined and unfiltered, and its wines are described as being made without chemical or artificial intervention. Lapideus receives no added sulfur, while the estate's general sulfur practice is not specified consistently across the available records.

Wine region

Umbria, Italy

Umbria IGT covers the entire administrative territory of the provinces of Perugia and Terni in central Italy. The designation includes vineyard landscapes shaped by fluvial terraces, tufaceous hills, sandy-conglomeratic deposits, arenaceous formations, and clay-marly soils. The region contains inland hills, valley floors, and mountain margins, so vineyard altitude varies across a wide area rather than following one fixed band. The climate is continental and inland, with seasonal temperature variation and rainfall concentrated partly in winter. In the 1991 to 2010 period, average annual precipitation was recorded at 937.1 millimetres, above the previous long-term average of 897.54 millimetres.

Umbria IGT was recognized by ministerial decree on November 18, 1995, published in the Official Gazette on December 5, 1995. It permits white, red, and rosato wines, including frizzante, passito, and novello versions for specified categories. A varietal designation requires at least 85% of the named grape, with up to 15% from other permitted grapes of the same color. A two-grape designation must use only the named varieties, and each grape must contribute more than 15% of the total. Umbria IGT has no DOCG-style Riserva, Gran Selezione, Grand Cru, UGA, or cru hierarchy. Lapideus sits within the varietal white-wine category as Trebbiano Spoletino from Umbria.

Frequently asked question

We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

Signature on delivery is mandatory for wine deliveries. Please make sure someone is at the shipping address to sign for the package.

If applicable, please consider delivering the package to a business address to ensure someone is available to sign for the package.

We also have the option of delivering the package to a Carrier's store for pickup. Please reach out to us to coordinate.

Carrier will try to delivery a package up to three times before returning the package to us.

If you miss a delivery and a package gets returned to us we have two options:

1) Reship the package right away: due to the very high cost of shipping and returns, we must charge a re-shipping fee to be determined based on package size and shipping destination.

2) Consolidate the returned package with your next order: this option is free of charge and it's the most popular option.

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