Community Tasting Notes 27

• BillBell73 Does not like this wine:

  October 3, 2022 - Interesting to see the different notes here which hint at extreme bottle variation...unfortunately this bottle was one of the bad ones. Very dry, raisinated fruit, excessive sediment even for Bea, tired, and oxidized. I love Bea when they are on so this really hurts...

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• James Kim Likes this wine: 94 points

  April 14, 2022 - Stood up for several weeks. Decanted off some significant sediment for 3h then back into bottle and drank over 2.5h. Lovely, complex aromas of leather, plums, dark cherries, minerals, herbs, and bark. Palate with very lightly burnt caramel, leather, cedar, plums, ripe blueberries, herbs, bark, and a bit of earth. Full bodied with medium tannins and nice acids. The palate is still elegant that really carries the flavors well. A beautiful wine. The light burnt caramel flavor hints at its age and but there is still plenty of life left and would open next bottle (if I had one) in another 5+ years to see its evolution.

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• shurpa14 Likes this wine: 90 points

  January 18, 2022 - Serious sediment. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so much. This wine is past its window. It was still enjoyable but fruit fading and starting to oxidize.

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• acyso wrote: 90 points

  November 8, 2021 - Pergole Torte lunch (Chicago, IL): I'm not generally a fan of Bea, as the wines are inconsistent and I can't figure out for the life of me what is what (that latter part is on me). I thought this was a good bottle though; the nose showed a darker profile with plenty of black cherries, but without any of the attendant vanillin qualities. The palate is reasonably resolved, but there seems to be enough fruit for a few more years, not to mention the tannins. A relatively nice bottle of Bea, but it's not the sort of wine that I would be very keen on chasing.

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• jpp10780 wrote: 90 points

  October 2, 2021 - Have to agree with shurpa14…feels like this is on the decline. Fruit is barely hanging in there. Sangiovese cherries mostly and overall a good bottle but has the beginnings of that soy taste that one finds in wines past their peak. Could be due to poor provenance but I hate to admit that this disappointed and I’m a rather big Bea fan.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• Type Red
• Producer Paolo Bea
• Varietal Sangiovese Blend
• Designation Riserva
• Vineyard Pipparello
• Country Italy
• Region Umbria
• SubRegion Montefalco
• Appellation Montefalco Rosso
• UPC Code 811644010092

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• In Cellars 131 (51%)
• Consumed 125 (49%)

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