Tasting Notes: The Di Majo Norante Aglianico Contado has a ruby red color with garnet reflections, a broad and intense bouquet with hints of ripe fruit. It is soft and velvety in the mouth, very harmonious with a dense body, slightly... Read More
Tasting Notes: Verha Rosso is Elena’s interpretation of a younger and more approachable style Aglianico. Notes of bruised red and black fruit are found on the palate while subtle hints of licorice and coffee are hidden as... 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: 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: The Luigi Maffini Kleos - meaning “famous” in Greek - is 100% Aglianico. In the glass is its a vibrant ruby color, and it opens with a blockbuster nose of black cherries, plums, currants with white pepper... 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: 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
Tasting Notes: The Taurasi Poliphemo has a savory quality with dark-fruited and exotic nuances of roasted plum, savory herbs and a tactile meaty earthiness. It's given form from very structured tannins akin to the grand age-worthy... Read More
Tasting Notes: Deep plummy purple in the glass the Luigi Tecce Taurasi Riserva Puro Sangue blooms with a nose of ripe beach plums, violets and earthy thyme. On the palate there is a dynamic structure of grippy tannins and a lively... 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: Aglianico has long been hailed as the Barolo of the South, a grape that can match the delicate earthy pepper and dark cherry of Nebbiolo. Distinctly full-bodied and coarse, Mastroberardino's stands out with... Read More
