Eubea, Covo Brigante, Aglianico del Vulture

Those aglianicos are tough nuts to crack for me. Still pretty tight after 4 hours. Is seems there's something lurking beneath, maybe more age and longer decant next time

Finished the last bottle of this last night with eggplant/pasta/fresh red sauce. The tannins have mellowed, almost too much. The blackberry is still there. It was good, very good, but not sad that it's finished, since it doesn't seem like it will improve much.

With lamb kebabs, grilled eggplant, mushrooms, onions. Wanted something with some tannin to cut through the richness of the lamb, and I didn't want to dig into the syrah with wife on the road. Needed something modestly priced that we have had plenty of, save the good stuff for sharing. But this is good, if not at the level of a Halcon Alturas or even one of the SVD Aglianicos from Feudi di San Gregorio. Surprised I haven't revisited with …

Love this southern Italian wine

It's not the world's greatest Aglianico, but this is solid, foursquare stuff with good rustic fruit flavors of blackberry, some developing secondaries of leather and tar, and enough tannin that it should go for another half dozen years if desired. At a very reasonable price of $17 with tax, count me a fan. This will be a regular beverage with red-sauced foods and hearty dishes for the next year or so, longer if I can keep my hands off it …

A nice wine. We pnp'd at lunch. Dark fruit on the nose. It opened quickly to dark fruit, olive and a hint of spice on the palate. Finish of moderate length. Good QPR