Top 100 wines of Campania - Page 3
Discover the top 100 best wines of Campania as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Campania and the best vintages to taste in this region.
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.
Structured and aromatic whites with a pale golden to amber robe, a full palate and characteristic bitter finish on yellow fruit (peach, apricot), white flowers and honey aromas. Also produced as passito. Star of the Greco di Tufo DOCG in Campania and the mythical Greco di Bianco DOC in Calabria. Ancient Greek-origin autochthonous variety of southern Italy.
wines from the region of Campania go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of piglet shoulder with melting baked apples, tagliatelle with spinach cream or lamb colombo.
On the nose in the region of Campania often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cream or grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of oaky, tropical or citrus. In the mouth in the region of Campania is a powerful.