Top 100 red wines of Campanie - Page 4

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

Discovering the wine region of Campanie

Campania is a region that forms the "tibia" of the boot of Italy, and whose largest city is Naples. Its name comes from Campania felix, a Latin phrase meaning roughly "happy land". The region has strong historical links with wine and vineyards, dating back to the 12th century BC, and is one of the oldest wine regions in Italy. The considerable influence of ancient empires, including the Greeks, Romans and Byzantines, means that some of the varieties in this region are linked to historical legends.

The region is also famous for the production of Falerno (Falernum), one of the oldest wines in Italy. Although rooted in tradition, today's wines can be Fruity, Young, robust or well-structured.

Discover the grape variety: Piedirosso

Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Campanie

red wines from the region of Campanie go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef with mustard, express beef cannelloni or navarin of lamb.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Campanie

On the nose in the region of Campanie often reveals types of flavors of oaky, earthy or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, dark fruit or mushroom. In the mouth in the region of Campanie is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

News from the vineyard of Campanie

Walls: Tasting Hermitage 2001 20 years on

In 2001, George W. Bush was sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States. Meanwhile in the UK, Tony Blair led the Labour Party to its second landslide victory. A lot can change over the course of 20 years. According to many Rhône winemakers and wine collectors, this is how long a bottle of Hermitage should lay undisturbed until you open it. Is it really worth the wait? I recently tasted 11 Hermitage 2001s – seven red, two white, two sweet – to test the 20 year hypothesis and see how these ...

Decanter Retailer Awards 2022 raises £20k for charity

Results from the Decanter Retailer Awards provide Decanter readers with an invaluable guide to the best places to buy and enjoy wine across the UK, but that’s not all. The competition also provides support to UK-based charities, with all proceeds from entries donated for a third year in succession. From 2020 to 2022, including annual donations made by Decanter, Decanter Retailer Awards has raised a total of £81,000 for drinks industry charities The Drinks Trust and The Ben, as well as a ne ...

Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine A&E Verset, Cornas

Emmanuelle Verset is the sixth generation to make wine in her family, and represents the E in Domaine A&E Verset. The A is for Alain, her father. She took over from him in 2016 at the age of 24, and is one of the few female winemakers in Cornas. The Verset name runs deep in this part of the Rhône. You might have heard of Noël Verset (1919 – 2015), whose bottles are highly sought-after today – Noël was Alain’s uncle. Scroll down to see Matt Walls tasting notes and scores for six Domaine A& ...