Paolo Bea Umbria Rosso Cotidie 2024 Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine This Meursault aged 11 months

This Meursault aged 11 months in French oak balances the region's hallmark richness with crystalline clarity: hazelnut and creamy vanilla entwine with concentrated citrus

Pair with seafood

and its palate is structured and long

and single-parcel

low-intervention Champagne at a price that still feels possible

Paolo Bea Umbria Rosso Cotidie 2024 Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine This Meursault aged 11 monthsPaolo Bea is an Umbrian superstar and one of the founding fathers of Italy's natural wine movement, an uncompromisingly old school estate where Giampiero Bea farms healthily and lets the wines ferment slowly and age patiently with minimal intervention. Cotidie is the most approachable wine in the lineup, an Umbria Rosso co fermented from Sagrantino and Trebbiano whose name nods to everyday drinking. Made in the same wild, honest spirit as the estate's