2016 Paolo Bea Santa Chiara
Community Tasting Note
thesternowl wrote:
93 Points
Thursday, December 21, 2023 - Poured into a Boa decanter about 30min prior to service. The 2016 “Santa Chiara pours a brilliant, deep and slightly hazy copper gold color with medium+ viscosity. On the nose, the wine is developing with desiccated apricots, dried apples, yellow flowers, and curaçao. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium- tannins. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is super long and super amazing. This is such a wonderful bottle of Bea. When his whites hit, well…they really hit. Drink now with a short decant or over the next 3-5 years. Bottle 1641/6133
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Comment posted by wayfarer:
12/27/2023 7:45:00 AM - Love Bea Whites--have had the Lapidus and Arboreus and have Chiara in celler. Unique and intriguing, beguiling... Cheers!
Comment posted by thesternowl:
12/28/2023 9:11:00 AM - @wayfarer They are all awesome when they are "on". I find Arboreus and Lapideus (which is really Giampiero's vineyard) to be more analogs of each other. Santa Chiara is typically "prettier" to my palate.