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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

Producers 108

Allegretti→Amarano→Antica Hirpinia→Antico Borgo→Antico Castello→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→Borgodangelo→Canlibero→Cantina Di Prisco→Cantina La Fortezza→Cantina del Taburno→Cantina del Vulture→Cantina di Barile→Cantina di Venosa→Cantine Alovini→Cantine Buonanno→Cantine Fratelli Addimanda→Cantine Iannella→Cantine Madonna delle Grazie→Cantine Manimurci→Cantine Sasso→Cantine Strapellum→Cantine Tora→Cantine del Notaio→Cantine di Palma→Carbone Vini→Casa Maschito→Casa Vinicola D'Angelo→Casedangelo→Colli Cerentino→Colli di Castelfranci→Colli di Lapio→Contrade di Taurasi (Cantine Lonardo)→Di Meo→Donnachiara→Eleano→Elena Fucci→Eubea→Fattoria De Lillo→Fattoria La Rivolta→Feudi di San Gregorio→Filadoro→Fontanavecchia→Fonzone→Fratelli Urciuolo→Grifalco→Guastaferro→Historia Antiqua→I Capitani→I Colli del Sannio→I Favati→Il Cancelliere→Il Cortiglio→Joaquin→La Dormiente→La Molara→Le Masciare→Lelusi Viticoltori→Macarico→Masseria Piccirillo→Mastroberardino→Michele Laluce→Mont’Antico→Musto Carmelitano→Nativ→Nifo Sarrapochiello→Ocone→Oppida Aminea→Paternoster→Perillo→Petilia→Poggio delle Baccanti→Quintodecimo→Re Manfredi (Terre degli Svevi)→Ripanero→Rocca dei Sanniti→Salvatore Molettieri→Santiquaranta→Tenuta Cavalier Pepe→Tenuta I Gelsi→Tenuta Lagala→Tenuta Le Querce→Tenuta Ponte→Tenuta Scuotto→Tenuta del Meriggio→Tenuta del Portale→Tenute d'Auria→Terra dei Re→Terredora di Paolo→Torre del Pagus→Vignali→Vigne Mastrodomenico→Vigneti del Vulture→Villa Raiano→Vinanda→Vinosia→Vitis in Vulture→

Regions

Campania Basilicata Puglia

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