Paolo Bea is a legendary Umbrian producer. The 2018 Santa Chiara, a blend of Grechetto, Malvasia, Garganega, Sauvignon and Chardonnay, is a beautiful, fresher-style of skin-macerated wine (orange wine). It combines vibrant acidity with a gorgeous aroma of flowers in bloom, honey, dried apricots, fresh orchard fruit and savory notes of thyme. Peach and walnut-skin like tannins offer a complexity and pleasant bitterness that plays well off the bright, tangerine peel acidity. This is an utterly delicious wine that you can pair with a variety of fare.
Paolo Bea, Umbria Bianco (Itlay) 2018
By Miranda Franco