
Aglianico
Learn about Aglianico — taste profile, popular regions and more …
Taking its home in the mountainous southern Italian regions of Campania and Basilicata, Aglianico is a bold red variety that needs a long hang time to fully develop and is actually one of the very last of the Italian red varieties to be harvested each year. It often spends until November on the vine and pushing it any faster often leads to rough and untamable tannins.
While maybe not as popular as Brunello or Barolo, among Italy’s noble reds, it certainly can boast the same aging potential. Aglianico also has great success in volcanic soils such as those found in Basilicata where it makes the robust, Aglianico del Vulture. It is also found scattered throughout vineyards in Calabria, Puglia and Molise. Producers in Austrailia and California grow Aglianico with success too.
Tasting Notes for Aglianico
Aglianico is a dry red wine. The best Aglianicos are rustic, earthy and deep in color with dried fig, plum, blackberry, black pepper and dark chocolate. Full of fine-grained tannins, Aglianico has good acidity and an intense, lingering finish.
Perfect Food Pairings for Aglianico
Aglianico is fantastic alongside roasted or grilled meats, anything with black truffles and aged cheeses.
Sommelier Secrets for Aglianico
The name “Aglianico” bears striking resemblance to Ellenico, the Italian word for "Greek," but no evidence shows it having any ancestry in Greece. However, first documentation of its plantings appears around an ancient Greek colony located in the lush hills of present-day Avellino, Campania. It thrives there today as the exclusive variety in the strikingly delicious and age-worthy, red wine called Taurasi.
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Montesole Aglianico 2001Aglianico from Italy
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Tormaresca Bocca di Lupo 2001Aglianico from Puglia, Italy
- RP
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Di Majo Norante Aglianico 2001Aglianico from Italy
- RP
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Aminea Aglianico Monsignore 2001Aglianico from Italy
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Feudi di San Gregorio Serpico 2001Aglianico from Italy
- WS
- RP
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Feudi di San Gregorio Serpico (1.5 Liter Magnum) 2001Aglianico from Italy
- RP
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Feudi di San Gregorio Serpico (3 Liter Bottle - chipped wax capsule) 2001Aglianico from Italy
- RP
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Alovini Aglianico del Vulture Armand 2001Aglianico from Basilicata, Italy
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Mustilli Sant'Agata dei Goti Cesco di Nece Aglianico 2001Aglianico from Campania, Italy