Top 100 red wines of Campania - Page 3

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: Primitivo

Powerful, sun-drenched reds with a dark robe and generous alcohol, showing aromas of stewed blackberry, stewed plum, dried fig, chocolate, gentle spice and balsamic notes. Supple tannins, indulgent finish. Star of Puglia with Primitivo di Manduria DOC, Gioia del Colle DOC and Salice Salentino. Identical to American Zinfandel and Croatian Crljenak Kaštelanski by DNA analysis.

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 chinese noodles with beef, tagliatelle with shrimps or imene's tunisian ojja.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Campania

On the nose in the region of Campania often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or blueberry. In the mouth in the region of Campania is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.