Country: Italy / Piano di Montevergine Riserva
Variety: Aglianico Southern Italy
Winery: Feudi di San Gregorio / Taurasi
Underbrush, black-skinned fruit, exotic spice, leather and balsamic aromas emerge on this full-bodied red. The austere structured palate offers dried black cherry, star anise, tobacco and clove framed in bracing, fine-grained tannins. Don’t even attempt it for another few years. Drink 2021–2031.