Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Vinous
The 2022 Aglianico del Vulture SCEG blossoms in the glass with a dark blend of dried violets, crushed stones and citrus-tinged blackberries. This flows across the palate, savory yet cool-toned, with depths of dark red fruits and tactile minerality that settles in toward the close. It finishes grippy and long yet still fresh, leaving behind hints of tangerine and an air of tobacco and ash.
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James Suckling
Dried black fruit with some herbs and spices. Ripe but also juicy and fresh, with simple flavors and a tasty, lightly peppery finish. Slightly simple but quite well balanced. From organically grown grapes.
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Wine Spectator
There's a sense of restraint to this fresh red, with notes of black raspberry, plum skin, singed orange peel and dried herbs tightly meshed with dense, fine tannins. Licorice, mineral and spice hints show on the finish, but this needs some time in the cellar to reveal its secrets. Best after 2027.
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.