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In 2016, Fucci began making a small quantity of wine from an old plot belonging to friends of her grandfather, selling the wine off in bulk while working to resuscitate the vines. Finally, in the 2018 vintage, she was ready to release her first vintage of Sceg, a local word for pomegranate, symbol of fertility and good luck. More rustic than her other two wines, this 2019 Sceg bristles with rocky tannins that encase flavors of juicy blackberry and raspberry.
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.