Winemaker Notes
Ruby-red colored wine tending to violet-purple. Soft fruit aroma with a prevalence of plum and morello cherry. Well balanced, full in body and with a lingering finish.
Professional Ratings
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Vinous
The 2021 Aglianico del Vulture Teodosio grumbles up from the glass, earthy at first with notes of underbrush and tobacco. Swirling unlocks musky blackcurrants and hints of rosemary. This is cool-toned and spry with fresh acuity and pristine red and black fruits, which flow across a stream of lively acidity. It finishes gently tannic with fantastic length and balance, leaving blackberries and a tinge of spice.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
A certified organic wine, the Basilisco 2021 Aglianico del Vulture Teodosio shows some bitter fruit that comes across as unripe plum or pomegranate. Fruit is collected from across 22 hectares of vines from three main plots. There is good freshness to close, with tart fruit and spice. The barrels used here are second and third fill.
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Wine Spectator
A compact, medium-bodied red, with flavors of wild cherry, lavender and leather tightly aligned with the dense, fine-grained tannins. Let this open a bit in the glass. Drink now. 4,000 cases made, 400 cases imported.
Making its home in the mountainous southern Italy, Aglianico is a bold red variety that is late to ripen and often spends until November on the vine. It thrives in Campania as the exclusive variety in the age-worthy red wine called Taurasi. Aglianico also has great success in the volcanic soils of Basilicata where it makes the robust, Aglianico del Vulture. Somm Secret—The name “Aglianico” bears striking resemblance to Ellenico, the Italian word for "Greek," but no evidence shows it has Greek ancestry. However, it first appeared in Italy around an ancient Greek colony located in present-day Avellino, Campania.
Inhabiting the arch of Italy’s boot, this southern, mountainous region has a relatively small amount of vineyard area under vine. Basilicata has one DOCG for its prized red grape, Aglianico, Aglianico del Vulture Superior, which is limited to the slopes of an extinct volcano. The best whites are made of Malvasia bianca.