Winemaker Notes
Fresh and well-balanced, this is a medium to full-bodied red with soft tannins. Intense smokey notes pair with minerality, ripe black cherry, dried thyme, fig cake, hints of ground cumin, and white pepper. On the palate the wine is round and finely balanced, with a long, lingering finish that echoes the spice and mineral elements.
Professional Ratings
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Vinous
Perfumed blackberries and sage mingle with crushed rocks and hints of olive tapenade as the 2023 Aglianico del Vulture Sceg evolves in the glass. It’s surprisingly soft and round with ripe wild berry fruits and nuances of citrus, all elevated by juicy acidity as sweet spice emerges toward the close. This combines structure with energy, finishing fresh, long and classically dry with a lingering tart berry concentration.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2023 Aglianico del Vulture Sceg was created by the creative and dynamic vintner Elena Fucci as a means of creating a more approachable side to this hearty grape grown on volcanic soils in Southern Italy. The style is bright and punchy with tart cherry, redcurrant and light dustings of crushed white peppercorn.
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.