This sits within a 10-ha (25-acre) DOC established in 2011, west of Aglianico del Taburno. Vinified in 80-hl Italian casks with skin contact for 10 days with numerous pumpovers; aged in 25-hl Italian casks for 24 months then in bottle for a further 24 months. Tasted blind. Leather. Tangy fruit. Spicy, chewy, with tannins like iron nails - and yet this has lift, grace, fragrance, loveliness, with red-berry flavours supported by a deep yet translucent beef-broth-like savour that lasts. Delicious now, especially as it opens in the glass. (TQT)
