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Aglianico

Red grapeCampania and Basilicata, southern Italy
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Also known as Ellenico, Gnanico, Aglianica.

Aglianico is a dark-skinned red wine grape grown principally in the southern Italian regions of Campania and Basilicata. It is regarded as one of the noblest black grapes of the Italian south, capable of structured, age-worthy wines that are often compared to Nebbiolo and Sangiovese for their tannic backbone and longevity. The vine has a long documented history in Campania and Basilicata, and while its name was once popularly linked to a Greek (Hellenic) origin, that etymology is now considered uncertain.

Aglianico gives deeply colored, full-bodied reds with firm tannins and high acidity that reward extended ageing, developing from ruby toward garnet with time. Its aromas run to black cherry, plum, leather, tobacco, chocolate and a smoky, mineral character on the volcanic soils of its heartland. It is one of the last varieties to ripen, typically harvested from late October into November, which restricts it to warm, favorable sites.

Structure

BodyFull
TanninHigh
AcidityHigh
Colordeep ruby, developing garnet with age
RipeningLate

Typical aromas

black cherryplumleathertobaccochocolatesmoke
SourcesAglianico — Italian Wine Central·Aglianico — Wikipedia

Denominations 25

Aglianico del TaburnoAglianico del VultureAglianico del Vulture SuperioreBenevento o BeneventanoCampaniaCampi FlegreiCastel del MonteColli di SalernoCosta d'AmalfiDauniaFalerno del MassicoGalluccioIrpiniaMurgiaPaestumPenisola SorrentinaPompeianoPugliaRoccamonfinaSalentoSannioTarantinoTaurasiTerre del VolturnoValle d'Itria

Producers 79

Allegretti→Amarano→Antonio Caggiano→Armando Martino→Azienda Agricola Ciesco Armando→Azienda Agricola Fiorentino→Azienda Agricola Luigi Tecce→Azienda Agricola Torre a Oriente→Azienda Vinicola Struzziero→Azienda Vitivinicola Tedesco→Basilisco→Basilium→Bisceglia→Boccella→Canlibero→Cantina Di Prisco→Cantina La Fortezza→Cantina del Taburno→Cantina di Barile→Cantina di Venosa→Cantine Alovini→Cantine Iannella→Cantine Madonna delle Grazie→Cantine Strapellum→Cantine Tora→Cantine del Notaio→Cantine di Palma→Carbone Vini→Casa Maschito→Casa Vinicola D'Angelo→Colli Cerentino→Colli di Castelfranci→Contrade di Taurasi (Cantine Lonardo)→Di Meo→Donnachiara→Eleano→Elena Fucci→Eubea→Fattoria La Rivolta→Feudi di San Gregorio→Fontanavecchia→Fonzone→Grifalco→Guastaferro→I Colli del Sannio→I Favati→Il Cancelliere→Il Cortiglio→Joaquin→Lelusi Viticoltori→Macarico→Mastroberardino→Michele Laluce→Musto Carmelitano→Nativ→Ocone→Paternoster→Perillo→Petilia→Quintodecimo→Re Manfredi (Terre degli Svevi)→Ripanero→Salvatore Molettieri→Tenuta Cavalier Pepe→Tenuta I Gelsi→Tenuta Lagala→Tenuta Le Querce→Tenuta Ponte→Tenuta del Meriggio→Tenuta del Portale→Tenute d'Auria→Terra dei Re→Terredora di Paolo→Torre del Pagus→Vignali→Vigne Mastrodomenico→Villa Raiano→Vinosia→Vitis in Vulture→

Regions

CampaniaBasilicataPuglia