Secrets... from pure Aglianico Nero grapes, from volcanic soils in the Valle del Ceraso and Fontana Marena districts in the Paternopoli countryside from an unusual November harvest. It macerates and ferments with its own yeasts, then in aged oak for a year and a half, six months in the bottle to wait...it is generous wine in its most authentic organoleptic values. "For me impenetrable, robust, fat, just acid-bitter. It can be edgy but at times velvety, with "character" as Aglianico usually is. Years, decades and ... then you understand in a single instant, with deep awareness and ancestral instinct, that that dense, bluish-red, dark fluid, with the heady bouquet born from the harmonious movement in the vat and then from a slow evolution in carats is ... your wine."
Name | Secrets 2018 Doc Irpinia Aglianico |
Type | Red |
Classification |
DOC
|
Year | 2018 |
Format | 0.75 l Standard |
Country |
Italy
|
Region | Campania |
Grape varieties | Aglianico ne |
Grade alcoholic | 15.00% |
Breeding system | Guyot-trained espalier |
Soil composition | Soil of volcanic nature |
Vinification | Soft pressing of whole clusters, cold premaceration, maceration for 10 days, fermentation conducted with selected yeasts, barrel aging |
Aging | In 2.25 hl French oak barrels for 18 months followed by 6 months in bottle |
Pairings | The wine goes well with braised meats, roasts, mixed grills, game |
Serving temperature | 18°C |
Organoleptic characteristics | The wine is well-structured on the palate, with hints of plums, currants, blackberries, cherries, notes of chocolate and spices |