Winemaker Notes
Critical Acclaim
All VintagesRating: 94(+)
This is the wine Fucci started with in 2004. She ages the wine for one year in new French oak barriques, where its dark plum and raspberry flavors develop notes of spice and tapenade. Its dense tannins and dried-fruit notes give a more earthbound and brooding impression than her amphora-aged aglianico, suited for braised meat or savory stews.
Once an unexpected sensation, Elena Fucci’s Titolo Aglianico has become a point of reference, as the 2019 vintage only further confirms. The notes of tar and roses notes that have lent this grape its nickname are immediately apparent on the nose, underpinned with dark berries and brambles. A wine that manages to feel both lithe and substantial and that could take another decade of age in stride.
Game, pungent white pepper and blackberries to the nose. The full-bodied palate has lots of dense, sinewy tannins that will need time to soften. Juicy and really tight finish. Unfiltered. Amphora. Drink after 2025.
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.
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.