Tasting Notes: Il Cancelliere produces low-intervention wines, guided gently by estate founder Soccorso Romano. Their Irpinia Aglianico, like all their wines, is aged in old oak. Beneath an intoxicating nose of cocoa, black cherry,... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Cantina Giardino Vino Rosato Frizzante is a blend of Aglianico, Primitivo, Piedirosso, and Coda di Volpe. Ripe strawberries and spice notes mingle with a hint of sea spray. The Aglianico is from 50 year old... 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: Elena Fucci has done it again! The creator of some of the best Aglianico-based wines from Basilicata has revealed another layer to this interesting indigenous variety by aging it in Amphora. Rather reserved on the... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Fonzone Taurasi Riserva Scorzagalline comes from grapes coming from the highest section of the Aglianico vineyard of Tenuta Fonzone, on the top of a hill located in Contrada Scorzagalline(Paternopoli). Grown... Read More
Tasting Notes: I Cacciagalli Pellerossa is the perfect summer rosé with an elegant structure and beautiful vivacity. Pellerossa is produced from Aglianico grapes that are at least eighteen years old. The fermentation is... Read More
Tasting Notes: In the glass, the Il Cancelliere Aglianico is a deep ruby red and slightly cloudy. The nose is a sensory trip to the countryside with aromas of barnyard and tomato skin. Once you take a sip, you are acquainted with... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Poliphemo Viti Vecchie R18 (formally a Taurasi Riserva that Luigi decided to declassify to Campania Aglianico) has a savory quality with dark-fruited and exotic nuances of roasted plum, savory herbs and a tactile... Read More
Tasting Notes: Deep plummy purple in the glass the Luigi Tecce (formally a Taurasi Riserva that he declassified to Campania Aglianco) Puro Sangue blooms with a nose of ripe beach plums, violets and earthy thyme. On the palate... Read More
Estate History: A visit to Luigi Tecce can get you emotional. Luigi himself is a ball of them, and his Aglianico from Taurasi elicits them. His grandfather’s 'masseria' (farmhouse) and vineyards are located in the... 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: Per Una Volta #3 is a blend composed of Barbera, Olivella, Piedirosso and Aglianico from a pergola vineyard and farmed biodynamically. The wine were not fined or filtered and contains only naturally occurring sulfites.... Read More