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The Pipparello is brooding and intense in its concentration. The ultra-savory nose is a thick swamp of camphor, black olives, fresh tar, and sandalwood, with pretty high-toned spices lurking in the background. Its palate is arrestingly dense, yet it carries an incredible amount of energy given its overall disposition. This is a rough-and-tumble, wholly uncompromising wine without a polite bone in its body, yet it still manages to be erudite and nuanced—an embodiment of the spirit of the Bea style at its most extreme.
- Winemaker: Paolo Bea
- Farming: Organic
- Variety: Sangiovese 70%, Sagrantino 15%, Montepulciano 15%
- Terroir: From the hilltop Piparello vineyard near Montefalco at 1,300 feet above sea level. Limestone-clay and gravel soils with 20+-year-old cordon-trained vines.
- Vinification: Hand harvested, after crushing and destemming, wine ferments spontaneously in stainless steel tanks. Cuvaision lasts 40-50 days. Pressed in a vertical basket press, with 12 months on less. ML is spontaneous.
- Aging: Up to 24 months in stainless steel tanks followed by 24 months in large, Slavonian oak botti. Unfined, unfiltered, no added sulfur with 40-55mg/l total sulfur.
- Tasting Note: black olives, fresh tar, and sandalwood