Top 100 red wines of Campania - Page 5

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: Aglianico

Powerful, tannic reds with deep colour and tight structure, with aromas of black cherry, blackberry, leather, tobacco, coffee and balsamic-volcanic mineral notes. High acidity and very fine ageing potential, often compared to nebbiolo. Star of Taurasi DOCG in Campania and Aglianico del Vulture DOCG in Basilicata (vines planted on volcanic soils). Late-ripening southern Italian variety of probable ancient Greek origin.

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 spaghetti bolognese, quiche with tartiflette or lamb chops with spanish sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Campania

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