Feudi San Gregorio, Rubrato Aglianico, Irpinia

Dark cherry acidity, penetrating tannins, long acidity

2019 vintage

Flower Day - Fill level excellent - just above the shoulder. Cork sound with only about 1 cm ingress from the wine. Double decanted off a teaspoon of fine sediment. Served in an Pinot Noir glass - my choice for older Nebbiolo and Aglianico developed wines. Opaque garnet core extending out to a thin slightly browning edge. Nose is dense with a bouquet of ripe dark fruit, asphalt, damp forest floor and crushed autumn leaves. On the palate it’s medium …

2005 vintage

Im Glas dunkles rubinrot, Bukett nach dunklen Früchten, Schwarzkirsche, am Gaumen zunächst schlank, wenig Tannin, wieder dunkle Früchte, später mit feiner Mineralität und Frische

2019 vintage

Drank this alongside the 2020, which is a very different wine. The 2019 is better. Tannins have mostly rounded off, but another year wouldn't hurt. Good wine for the price.

2019 vintage

excellent for the price. deep ruby in color, medium bodied, notes of brambly blueberry and red cherry on the palate

2019 vintage

Tasted after a 45 minute decant. Dark ruby in colour with lovely aromas of slightly earthy liquorice & chocolate. On the palate, full bodied black fruit, blackberry, bramble, floral note, chocolate, high acidity, high tooth coating tannins with a long finish to leather, black pepper & a hint of tar. The fruit is pretty faded, the tertiary flavours have taken over, but the acidity & tannins still have lots of bite!

2015 vintage

seemed a little thin on first sip but then the finish sneaks up on you with bright gripping taste..really saved the wine..

2019 vintage

Italian Wine Scholar Class at The Texas Wine School. Deep ruby. Med+ aromas of sweet black cherries, dark plums, violets, licorice, black tea, earth, sulphur/tar, leather, balsamic. All stainless steel. Developing. Dry, w/ nice fruit, med+ acidity, tannins and alcohol (13.5%). Full-bodied, balanced, with med to med (+) intensity and length. Tasted again on 10/22/24, w/ consistent results, it has potential for improvement w/ a few more years of aging. Solid QPR at <$25.

2019 vintage

Purple. Of the same kind as the 2015, which is drunk up from my cellar. Typical, cherry fruit, black berries, raspberries, blueberries,flowers and spices. All unfold over an hour or so, but ready from the start. 93 from Suckling which is a bit high imo. Nevertheless excellent. 5/12/16+/8+. -2030+

2019 vintage

Not good

2019 vintage

Tasted after a 90 minute decant. Dark ruby in colour with lovely aromas of sweet black fruit, tar, leather progressing to licorice. On the palate, medium bodied black fruit, black cherry/blueberry/blackberry, leather, slightly earthy/forest floor, high acidity, high soft tannins with a long finish to tar, black cherry & a hint of pepper. Even though the flavour is not particularly complex, it is pleasant.

2015 vintage

Waiting for an hour helped, but still quite aggressive

2019 vintage

This is still developing in a positive way from my warmer than textbook cellar. Perfectly stored bottles should hold through till 2030, I guess. For more details have a look at my earlier notes, this hasn't change in the last year. 5/12/17/8

2015 vintage

This bottle, purchased upon release and stored under ideal conditions, was a "forgotten soldier" that was incidentally discovered in the cellar. Decanted off of its sediment and allowed two hours in decanter, it is a deep garnet wine that unfurls a surprisingly attractive bouquet of dark plums, Asian spices, cocoa, pipe tobacco and loamy earth. Medium-bodied, freshly acidic and without any heat from its 13.5% alcohol, it delivers flavors in line with the aromas and stays solid on the mid-palate. …

2003 vintage

This is still in great shape from my cellar. In fact this is maybe the best bottle I had yet. I still believe that the 95 points from Suckling are overdone, but the 89 points from Monica Larner are obviously to low as well, because she gave it a drinking window -2020. And this bottle is so fresh, fruity and more silky than previous bottles, it should go well for some more years. So Monica would give it more than …

2015 vintage

I agree with earlier notes, I should have drank this much sooner. Muted tones in both nose and taste.

2015 vintage

Way too acidic for my taste.

2015 vintage

Buen vino de mesa. Seco. Pero necesita por lo menos un par de años de guarda para que se rebaje la agresividad de su ataque. Al 3er dia del descorche, en nariz predomina la fruta negra y el regaliz. En boca emerge la picota, la frambuesa, algo de te y notas balsámicas. Al descorche no habia manera de marcharle… muy agresivos los taninos. Volvere a probar en el 2023.

2019 vintage

Nice minerality, very good value

2015 vintage

Showing maybe just a little bit tired. Yet still power packed.

2015 vintage

Same scents and flavors as previous notes. But: I more and more guess that Monica Larner from the Wine Advocate is not totally wrong with her given drinking window -2020. This is sure not meant for long term cellaring and I feel that it is slowly beginning to loose a bit of its fruit now. -2022. 5/12/17/6.

2015 vintage

This needs air. At first it was more like an 85. 1-2hs in the decanter was not enough. Only after two days using Vac au Vin it got much rounder, more complex, better finish. Truth be told I had already drunk a glass of an excellent Payen Tabali when I opened it. But after 30 min or so I assume it shouldn't matter anymore, but I could be wrong, of course.

2015 vintage

18 month ago I wrote: Garnet. Intense nose of blackberries and cherries, licorice and spice. On the palate it shows great freshness, present but round tannin and great lenght. 95 points from Suckling, but for me it is excellent, but not outstanding, because it is a lovely fruity wine with great poise, but it lacks complexity and is a bit simple. Nevertheless a good bargain and ready to drink with a decade ahead. 5/12/16/7 A great pasta wine as Monica …

2015 vintage

This was from about five days ago and I guess my tasting note didn’t save. It’s lost now but this was decent for $12, I remember ripe fruit, a little charcoal and pepper.

2015 vintage

Very high acidity and still very tannic. May be much better with time but at this stage, this wine is not giving much and is hard work

2015 vintage

Brian's in heaven. A discovery wine. brooding minerality, crushed stone minerality, With some flesh and power to it.

2015 vintage

CHAROGERS note reflects my experience as well. My wife was repulsed by the aroma at first and the salty flavor but she ended liking it a bit after the first glass.

2015 vintage

I love @Portlandseth's note on this wine and I totally get where he is coming from. I don't think it's quite that bad though, and with a little air some of the sour lifts and some body is added. Still a little lightweight esp in mid-palate and I'm not sure that I'm a fan of the saltiness, but that's personal taste and I'm not verse enough in this grape to say if that's what we signed up for. Anyway, it's …

2015 vintage

Like a few other Italian varieties, I have had some Aglianico, so I am far from an expert, but the past iterations of wines I've tasted from this grape needed at least a few years to calm down. Might I venture to guess that the additional time in my cellar, not knowing this wine was there, actually did it some good? Good fruit, powerful acidity, and more than a couple hours of verve. Bravo.

2015 vintage

Pleasant bouquet of creme de cassis, sage, mint and bell pepper. In the mouth the attack is pleasantly fruity, but the mid palate veers off-road into a tomoato patch and the finish goes over a cliff into the ocean. Highly acidic and salty, I find this bottle very difficult to drink in its present form. Perhaps 5 years of cellaring will smooth everything out but in the mean time I'd rather suck on a pickled lemon. I wouldn't give this …

2015 vintage

Quite a good value (had a friend's dinner). Aglianico is the core of this wine and somewhat rare among Italian wines that get to the US. Aglianico is often dubbed "the Nebbiolo of the south" because of its extraordinary aging potential. Today, some of the country's best Aglianico is grown in the DOCs of Taurasi, which is in Campania, and Aglianico del Vulture, in Basilicata. Apparently, James Suckling really likes this wine, giving it a 95 in a recent review. …

2015 vintage

Garnet. Intense nose of blackberries and cherries, licorice and spice. On the palate it shows great freshness, present but round tannin and great lenght. 95 points from Suckling, but for me it is excellent, but not outstanding, because it is a lovely fruity wine with great poise, but it lacks complexity and is a bit simple. Nevertheless a good bargain and ready to drink with a decade ahead. 5/12/16/7 A great pasta wine as Monica Larner (89 points) from the …

2015 vintage

Medium-Ruby, hint of garnet on the rim. Nose: Bright cherry, licorice, smoke, white pepper, spicebox and faint gaminess. Healthy projection, especially of the pepper/smoke. Nose is packed through with these various sideline notes. Mouth: Tart cherry and licorice kick things off, followed by said original pepper and smoke notes and a nice hit of salinity and marjoram/thyme. Fruit weight is not as dense/full as expected for aglianico. Again the tertiary notes are running the show here, fruit is only a …

2015 vintage

First night was too tight, acid tasting. Second night, smoothed out, complex flavors very tasty. This one needs to breathe.

2015 vintage

Very classy wine at an amazing price point. Begs for proper food. Has legs to go 5-10.

2015 vintage

Lots of sort of cranberry-like red fruit. In fact, a bit too fruity for my taste. Probably would be more interesting after a few years after the fruit fades a bit.

2015 vintage

Other Reds (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA) : Aged about 8-10 mos in s/s, then for a min of 6 mos in bottle. N: Closed; Berries, some spice? P: Med body; NICE ft met by firming structure which only somewhat mitigates by the LONG, slightly spicy finish with notes of astringency (& a certain swtness). NEEDS until early '20, I'd guess, but with the potential to drink for 3+ yrs after, IF the frt holds. 13.5% ABV; My VG …

2015 vintage

Purtroppo per questo vino, assaggiato dopo un pergole torte 2007. Non c'era proprio partita.

2005 vintage

Rustic. Tart red cherry, chewy tannins. good integration of acidity.

2005 vintage

Color is showing some age. Funky earthy nose. Cherry on the palate plus more earthy funk. Had a strange sweet note even though it is quite a dry wine.

2005 vintage

Drink now...weak finish means end of its life

2003 vintage

Ruby-garnet color, starts to show some age, good transparency. The nose has a smoky note, some green pepper and after swirling, a hint of sweetness. The palate is just ok, smooth but quite uninteresting: little structure, not much aromatic intensity (a dry raisiny note). Drying finish. On the second day it doesn't have anything more to say.

2005 vintage

Still drinking ok

2003 vintage

A medium body wine that is ok, but lacks intensity or any standout qualities. A little cherry flavor but mid palate is hollow and light. Dry and tannic finish. ($17)

2005 vintage

too early

2005 vintage

Tasted blind – deep ruby in colour. Youthful nose with dark ripe fruits and a good dose of oak. Soft and round in the mouth with more dark fruits. No one guessed Aglianico. Good.

2005 vintage

:-) 156 NOK. Fredag og Pizza, forsmak på kjøkkenet 17 grader Riedel Bx. Deilig saftig morell-lukt, ditto smak med passe fast avslutning. Te og oliven. Dagen derpå: Blyant, blekk, lakris og mørke bær

2005 vintage

Nothing of note about this bottle. For the same money I could have bought several boxes of something equally interesting.

2005 vintage

I think this is my first experience with the anglianico grape. If I didn't know any better, it tasted to me like a classic, backwards, bold sangiovese. It's a subtle wine, astringent and tannic with a lot of rhubarb and cedar initially coming through followed by cherries and strawberries. Kind of tastes like you're licking the bottom of a wooden basket that's been carrying a load of berries. There's also hints of terragon, anise and some white pepper. This wine …

2005 vintage

Purple: Nose: Chocolate Cherry..Cedar and rhubabrb...cherrywood..blueberry... Mouth: Tongue squeezer...blueberry preserves with a little squeeze of lemon...cocoa...herbs de provence...

2005 vintage

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