Top 100 red wines of Campania

Discover the top 100 best red wines of Campania as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Campania and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Campania

Cradle of southern Italy's great wines on volcanic soils. Majestic Aglianico in red: structured, deep and tannic with notes of black cherry, candied plum, leather and spices, sublimated in age-worthy Taurasi DOCG, the "Barolo of the south". Identity whites of Irpinia: opulent Fiano di Avellino (honey, hazelnut), mineral iodine Greco di Tufo, aromatic Falanghina (peach, flowers). Also supple Piedirosso.

~42,000 ha around Naples and Vesuvius.

Discover the grape variety: Montepulciano

Powerful, fruity reds with a deep ruby robe, supple but present tannins and fresh acidity, showing intense aromas of black cherry, blackberry, plum, violet, sweet spices, liquorice and balsamic notes. Round, generous palate, approachable young. Also in luscious rosés. Absolute star of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC, Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOC (rosé) and Colline Teramane DOCG, pillar of the Marche (Conero DOCG). Autochthonous Abruzzo variety, one of the most planted in Italy.

Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Campania

red wines from the region of Campania go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of pasticcio (greece), eggplant lasagna or purple leg of lamb with red wine and cranberries.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Campania

On the nose in the region of Campania often reveals types of flavors of tobacco, strawberries or leather and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or oak. In the mouth in the region of Campania is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.