2021 Paolo Bea, Umbria Rosso ‘Cotidie’, Italy

Cotidie (quotidian in Latin) was conceived as an everyday wine for its relatively easygoing and drinkable spirit. The methodology behind it feels outr today but would have been common practice for the ancients to whom its Latin name pays tribute: a co-fermentation of both red and white grapesin this case, Sagrantino and Trebbianogrown in close proximity to one another, and yielding a lip-smacking wine thats hard to pigeonhole. In its vibrant ruby color, it sits in the interzone between a dark rosato and a light red, and it offers the heady spice we all love in Beas Sagrantino, albeit on a softer, lighter frame.