2019 Paolo Bea Pagliaro Secco, Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG 3L, Italy Martissima A sparkling blend from two

A sparkling blend from two plots - 20-year old Beba and Alarije (yes these are the grapes) from Tierra de Barros (in Extremadura on clay-limestone soils) and Palomino Fino from Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Andalusia on albariza de barajuelas soils) from a hundred-year-old vineyard

Tempus Fugit Spirits Crème de Menthe is fully distilled from botanicals and is unique in its genre

and then abandoned about 60 years ago

and the tannins possess a scrumptious sizzle

2019 Paolo Bea Pagliaro Secco, Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG 3L, Italy Martissima A sparkling blend from twoThe fabled local grape of Montefalco is the Sagrantino and the Pagliaro vineyard, situated at 1300 feet in altitude, is dedicated in large part to this grape variety. The harvest of Sagrantino normally occurs during the second half of October. The cuvaison extends for forty to fifty days. The wines is then aged for one year in stainless steel, another two years in large Slavonian oak barrels and, finally, spends one more year in bottle (the wine, like