Winemaker Notes
The color is an intense deep ruby while the aroma is ample and complex, with dominant notes of bitter cherry, aromatic herbs and
distant hints of vanilla and thyme. The result is a wine with a marked personality of silky and highly persistent tannins that are nonetheless never invasive. Hints of chocolate with persistent creamy and fruity final.
Pairs well with red meats, game and mature cheeses.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Rich aromas of bacon fat, toasted anise and dark cocoa powder ride on the dense dark-berry fruit on the nose. It’s full and creamy on the palate, with concentrated blackcherry and blueberry flavors wrapped in warm, toasty spices. There’s immense lift from the driving acidity and a delightful polish from suave tannins. Drink now–2028.
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.