Aglianico
If there is one variety in southern Italy that deserves the title "Barolo of the South" it's definitely the Aglianico. Greek in origin, the Aglianico is a complex, difficult variety that's austere in its youth and has an impressive longevity, offering sensational elegance and fullness for up to thirty years. Lovely and garnet in appearance, with intense scents of jam, spices, toasty notes and liquorice, it proves stunning on the palate thanks to the elegance of its tannins and its infinite persistence. As regards the areas where it grows, the Aglianico provides numerous interpretations depending on its place of origin, but it always appears ground-breaking and original.
![Feudi di San Gregorio San Greg 2022](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/visio22_anv800.png)
![La Rivolta Aglianico del Taburno 2019](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/rivag19_anv800_1696329618.png)
La Rivolta Aglianico del Taburno 2019
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![Feudi di San Gregorio Taurasi Riserva Piano di Montevergine 2016](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/vergi16_anv800.png)
Feudi di San Gregorio Taurasi Riserva Piano di Montevergine 2016
![Feudi di San Gregorio Irpinia Aglianico Serpico 2015](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/serpi15_anv800.png)
Feudi di San Gregorio Irpinia Aglianico Serpico 2015
![Elena Fucci Aglianico del Vulture Superiore Titolo 2019](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/titsu19_anv800_1701882643.png)
Elena Fucci Aglianico del Vulture Superiore Titolo 2019
![Cantine del Notaio Aglianico del Vulture Il Sigillo 2016](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/cdnsi16_anv800.png)
Cantine del Notaio Aglianico del Vulture Il Sigillo 2016
![Cantine del Notaio Aglianico del Vulture Il Repertorio 2021](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/reper21_anv800.png)
Cantine del Notaio Aglianico del Vulture Il Repertorio 2021
![Basilisco Aglianico del Vulture Basilisco 2017](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/basil17_anv800.png)
Basilisco Aglianico del Vulture Basilisco 2017
![Elena Fucci Aglianico del Vulture Titolo 2021](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/eftit21_anv800.png)
Elena Fucci Aglianico del Vulture Titolo 2021
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![Feudi di San Gregorio Taurasi 2019](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/fsgta19_anv800.png)
![La Rivolta Aglianico Riserva Terra di Rivolta 2015](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/rivri15_anv800_1654683037.png)
La Rivolta Aglianico Riserva Terra di Rivolta 2015
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![Fontanavecchia Aglianico del Taburno 2018](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/fonag18_anv800.png)
Fontanavecchia Aglianico del Taburno 2018
![Musto Carmelitano Aglianico del Vulture 2017](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/mcbia17_anv800.png)
Musto Carmelitano Aglianico del Vulture 2017
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![Basilisco Aglianico del Vulture Teodosio 2020](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/teodo19_anv800_1647420517.png)
![Vigne Storte Aglianico Vigna Panacea 2017](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/vigag17_anv800.png)
![Colli di Lapio Taurasi Andrea 2017](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/cdlta17_anv800.png)
![Mastroberardino Taurasi Radici Riserva 2015](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/radta15_anv800.png)
![Musto Carmelitano Maschitano Rosso 2017](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/mascs17_anv800.png)
Musto Carmelitano Maschitano Rosso 2017
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![Fontanavecchia Aglianico del Taburno Rosato 2017](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/aglro17_anv800.png)
Fontanavecchia Aglianico del Taburno Rosato 2017
![Re Manfredi Aglianico del Vulture Re Manfredi 2013](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/reman13_anv800.png)
Re Manfredi Aglianico del Vulture Re Manfredi 2013
![La Guardiense Janare Sannio Aglianico 2017](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/lgags17_anv800.png)
![I Cacciagalli Roccamonfina Aglianico Phos 2018](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/cacag18_anv800.png)
![Feudi di San Gregorio Rubrato 2016](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/rubra16_anv800.png)
![Ocone Aglianico del Taburno V. Pezza La Corte 2011](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/pezzc11_anv800.png)
Ocone Aglianico del Taburno V. Pezza La Corte 2011
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![Re Manfredi Aglianico del Vulture Serpara 2013](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/serpa13_anv800.png)
![Masseria Frattasi Aglianico Iovi Tonant 2016](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/mfrio16_anv800.png)
Masseria Frattasi Aglianico Iovi Tonant 2016
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![Grifalco Damaschito 2015](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/damas15_anv800.png)
![TerreStregate Beneventano Aglianico Idillio 2019](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/srtag19_anv800_1643795585.png)
Aglianico
If there is one variety in southern Italy that deserves the title "Barolo of the South" it's definitely the Aglianico. Greek in origin, the Aglianico is a complex, difficult variety that's austere in its youth and has an impressive longevity, offering sensational elegance and fullness for up to thirty years. Lovely and garnet in appearance, with intense scents of jam, spices, toasty notes and liquorice, it proves stunning on the palate thanks to the elegance of its tannins and its infinite persistence. As regards the areas where it grows, the Aglianico provides numerous interpretations depending on its place of origin, but it always appears ground-breaking and original.
Subtle and elegant in the province of Caserta, where Fattoria Villa Matilde makes his Falerno del Massico with 80% Aglianico and 20% Piedirosso, originating from the region's calcareous and mineral soils. Further south in the Sannio region, the volcanic lands found in the Taburno, home to great wine masters such as Fontanavecchia, give rise to a powerful yet also fine Aglianico. Fullness and powerfulness also distinguish the Aglianico grown in the Cilento, a mountainous region in Campania where Montevetrano makes his classic Core.
However, the real Aglianico masters are to be found in Taurasi and the Vulture, where we encounter the most authentic wines made from this variety. In Taurasi, a town in the Campania region, we come across one of the richest and fullest reds in Italy, the result of an ageing period of at least three years in large oak casks, and revealing incomparable aromas of incense, spices, wax, leather, along with vibrant freshness and a perfectly integrated, mineral tannicity.
In the volcanic region of the Vulture, in the Basilicata, production is predominantly of a mountain Aglianico, able to resist the cold, snowy winters there. It produces an Aglianico that has a very elegant minerality and is exceptionally flavoursome and subtle on the palate, with dense and perfectly balanced tannins thanks to its long period of ageing in oak barrels.
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