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Aglianico


Aglianico's origins are Greek (the name is a dialect version of the word Ellenico, the Italian word for Hellenic) and its was originally planted in the Campania and Basilicata regions of southern Italy over 2,500 years ago when southern Italy was a Greek colony known as Magna Graecia or Oenotria.

The grapes thrived until the late 19th century when it was almost destroyed by phylloxera. Since the war plantings have gradually increased and there were about 13,000 ha/32,000 acres of Aglianico planted at the last official count, in 1990.

The grape seems to prefer soils of volcanic origin, as well as dry and sunny location, and achieves its finest results in the two DOCs of Taurasi in Campania and Aglianico del Vulture in Basilicata. It is an early budding, late ripening variety and in the right hands can produce very long-lived wines of intensity and finesse. In the past young Aglianico wines were often fiercely tannic and harsh - fortunately improved techniques in both the vineyard and winery have led to fresher and riper wine being made that are eminently approachable in youth but also still improve with bottle age.

 
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VINTAGE WINE BOTTLE SIZE PRICES LIST SETTINGS
Red,  drink-or-keep
Aglianico del Vulture Aquila del Vulture, Lagala Viticoltori
Italy  »  Basilicata  »  Aglianico del Vulture
Limited Stock
Bottle
(75cl)
£ 26.00
12 x £ 23.40
Special case price £ 280.80
Buy 12 and save £ 31.20 (10%)
Medium-Full Bodied, Dry, Red, Aglianico, Ready, but will keep, Cork Closure, 13.5% alc.

To see the full extent of what Aglianico can do, you have to dig deep...Berry Brothers and Rudd are currently selling a wonderful Aglianico del Vulture Aquila Del Vulture from 2004, which tastes like smoked, sugarless fruit cake, with an intense prune-like essence to it and a sniff of juniper and ... MORE
BBR Score: 16/20

Red,  keep
Terra di Lavoro, Fattoria Galardi
Italy  »  Campania
Bottle
(75cl)
£ 84.00
6 x £ 65.34
Special case price £ 392.04
Buy 6 and save £ 111.96 (22%)
Medium-Full Bodied, Dry, Red, Aglianico, For laying down, 13.5% alc.

Once again I am at a loss to capture the sheer beauty of Terra di Lavoro. The 2006 is a remarkably elegant and pure vintage of this wine, where layers of flowers, violets, graphite, tar, smoke and black cherries continually flow from the glass in a dazzling, virtuosic display of power and finesse ... MORE
The Wine Advocate Score: 97/100

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