2019 Paolo Bea Pagliaro Secco, Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG 1.5L, Italy Pain-Perdu Copper Tongue has a surprising

Copper Tongue has a surprising mellowness uncommon of a cask strength 16-year-old straight bourbon whiskey

• Fermented in 70% stainless steel and 30% barrel

More citric fruits dancing with the volcanic minerality

The bunches were lightly foot-stomped to extract a bit of juice and then over the course of a week

2019 Paolo Bea Pagliaro Secco, Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG 1.5L, Italy Pain-Perdu Copper Tongue has a surprisingThe 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