Tasting Notes: The Cantina Lonardo Taurasi Vigne d'Alto is wild and deep, with eathy aromas and vibrant acidity. This will age but is in a great spot at the moment. Grill up a steak and enjoy. Estate History: The Lonardo family... Read More
Tasting Notes: The De Conciliis Vino Spumante Brut Metodo Classico Maybe is a blend of 10% Fiano and 90% Aglianico made into a sparkling wine. The color is bright straw yellow, with a fine and persistent perlage. The scent is... Read More
Tasting Notes: This Taurasi is brilliant ruby red with garnet reflections, fragrant perfumes of maraschino cherry, cinnamon and nutmeg, vanilla and anise. The taste is full and balanced with sweet and soft tannins that confer... Read More
Tasting Notes: As complex as a white wine you are likely to find, the Il Tufiello Fiano Montemattina is smoky and savory, with a rich amber color and a mineral finish that holds the delicate fruit notes in perfect balance. The... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Luigi Tecce Irpinia Rosato La Cyclope is sourced from 85-year-old vines that look more like tree-vines, with a trunk in the middle, and numerous radiating outward shoots on what looks like bush vines on a pergola.... Read More
Tasting Notes: This wine is the closest Campi Taurasini gets to being Taurasi. The single vineyard cru of Satyricon stradles the zone of Taurasi, and is an incredible example of the power and finess that can be obtained through... Read More
Estate History: Marco Tinessa, after forging a friendship with Frank Cornelissen of Etna fame, decided to create his own label. Growing grapes in Montemarano, long considered the soulful center of Taurasi, he named the estate... Read More
Tasting Notes: It’s not hyperbolic to say that without the Mastroberardino estate, this “3rd ‘Noble’ Red wine of Italy” made from the Aglianico grape,might have been lost to time. They reinvigorated... Read More
Tasting Notes: 100% Fiano from the area of Paestum. Fuller-texture with a distintive mineral undertone. Notes of wet stone, citrus, honey and saline are present but are balanced with the supple texture of the wine.... Read More
Tasting Notes: Since Salvatore Molettieri’s first bottling in 1988, his estate has quietly risen to take its place among Taurasi’s finest. The Molettieri family farms thirteen hectares of vines in Montemarano, one... Read More