Comments on: Wine Grape: Aglianico

By: Due Spaghetti’s Christmas Eve Dinner Menu, and Holiday Wine Guide | Due Spaghetti

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 03:24:44 +0000

[...] Aglianico – Aglianico is the name of a black grape from the south of Italy that produces a deeply hued and intensely flavored red wine. Two to look for are Aglianico del Vulture and Taurasi. These wines have yet to attract widespread attention, but it is only a matter of time. [...]

By: Raffaele

Raffaele — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:38:04 +0000

But there is also another type of Aglianico in Campania, the Aglianico of Tarburno defined by many as the Barolo of Southern Italy. Red wine of great tradition, must wait at least two years (three for the reserve) before being sold, was born in the middle of the Sannio, a territory outside the circuits of mass tourism and because of this rich landscape of discoveries, monuments and mainly characterized by an incredible food and agricultural biodiversity. This is also why it still has a good relationship between quality and price by offering the possibility of doing business now as a few other Italian areas.

By: John

John — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:45:28 +0000

Hey Joe, was looking for tasting notes on the Agliantico came across your page. Your descriptors are well written and conceived. Thanks

By: Wine Rack Store Blog › Volcanic Wine at the Wine Rack Store

Wine Rack Store Blog › Volcanic Wine at the Wine Rack Store — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:08:09 +0000

[...] get the fullness of the grape’s complex flavors on your wine rack, consider paying the price. Notes include chocolate, coffee and leather. Modern techniques are helping to bring ready-to-drink wines [...]

By: Tuscan Traveler Goes to Matera - City of Stone | Tuscan Traveler

Tuscan Traveler Goes to Matera - City of Stone | Tuscan Traveler — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:21:09 +0000

[...] is unique for its architecture and its food. The regional Aglianico and Primitivo wines, the Matera bread, the Senise dried peppers, Lucanica sausages, the lamb [...]

By: Wine Weekly » Blog Archive » Red Wine Review: Ars Poetica Vulcano

Wine Weekly » Blog Archive » Red Wine Review: Ars Poetica Vulcano — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:57:38 +0000

[...] This is a 100% Aglianico, the second wine of Ars Poetica’s trademark Aglianico del Vulture. A remarkable value, it has the flavor, body, complexity, structure, and finish of a Super Tuscan in the $30-45 range. [...]

By: bigwinesnob

bigwinesnob — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:52:07 +0000

hey boss, since you’re in Asti, can you tell us anything about how this year’s grapes are doing in your area? how about the recent vintages of Barbera and Dolcetto ?

By: boss

boss — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:27:48 +0000

other brands: Mastroberardino for Taurasi, D’Angelo for Aglianico del Vulture.

I’m a huge fan of Aglianico too, even if I live in Asti, city of the best Barbera and 25 minutes from Barbaresco and Barolo lands