2000 Paolo Bea Montefalco Sagrantino Secco

Community Tasting Notes (29) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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  5/31/2023 - Eric Wright Likes this wine: 90 Points

  A bit flat. Still a solid wine, but lacked the depth I expect from Paolo Bea

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  4/4/2021 - ericindc Likes this wine: 97 Points

  wow wine. decanted for 3 hrs before dinner and still going strong at hour 7. Wine is at a great place. Fantastic mature qualities with all the typical mushroom and earthy components you expect. The tannins were mostly integrated but still some structure. This also had very pure sweet red and blue fruits that really pushed this wine from good to great. The acidity was a touch low, but still worked very well with prime rib. No rush to drink this, but no real reason to wait. I would be interested to see what this eventually tastes like at in 2040, but I'm unlikely to wait.
  
  This had a TON of sediment so I recommend decanting through a screen, stand up a few days ahead of time, or both.

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  12/11/2020 - GHarmsen Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Drinking beautifully now at 20 years of age. Opened over the course of 2 hours the decanter, blossoming from reduced, high-quality balsamic vinegar into evolved dried fruits and savory aged leather with elegant, tannins nicely softened with time.

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  1/18/2019 - kevinacohn wrote:

  As with all older bottles of Paolo Bea, this needs considerable air before it shows well. I almost gave up on the bottle, but two hours later it’s firing on all cylinders. Sweet brambley fruit and baking spices. In the mouth, the wine has achieved near-perfect balance of fruit, acid, and tannin. I’m freaking out, man. I’m sure it can age longer, but why bother? This is great now. Bottle #281.

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  12/9/2018 - cweiss wrote: flawed

  Very corked. Sad, as this had been hand-carried from the estate years ago and was my last bottle

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