Lamb & Bea

This was the scene last Wednesday for a small Umbrian tasting in Terroni‘s back room.

Umbria is a region smack in the center of Italy, east of Tuscany and home to the towns of Assisi, Orvieto and Montefalco. And the Montefalco area is home to a grape called sagrantino. And I love it.

I also love this wine- 2006 Paolo Bea “San Valentino”  (sangiovese, sagrantino and montepulciano.) And I love this pasta- capunti al ragu d’agnello (handmade pasta with lamb ragu.) A match made in Umbria heaven.

If you haven’t read it already, check out my visit to see Giampiero Bea of Paolo Bea in 2009.