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Aglianico del Vulture

VARIETAL
Aglianico

NOTES
VINEYARD: Grapes are grown in vineyards located 400m above sea level with an east, south-east exposure.

SOIL: Medium-textured volcanic soils

FRAMING: Sustainable

VINIFICATION: Traditional maceration lasts for 10 days in small "fermentini". The wine rests for 18 months in 225L barrels before bottling. The wine ages for an additional 8 months in bottle before release.

TASTING NOTES: A deep purple-red colored wine that is full of plums, wild game, iron and peppery scents. It's firmly tannic, spicy and appealingly rustic - the flavors alternate between waves of plum, fig and bitter cherry and menthol, tannin and minerality.