What are the best Taurasi? A list with photos, descriptions and tastings of the best Taurasi recommended by Italy’s Finest Wines.
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- Taurasi: The Terroir of Irpinia
- History and Disciplinary Taurasi
BEST TAURASI recommended by Jean Marco Palmieri
What are thebest Taurasi Wines?
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Taurasi Riserva Radici 2017 – Mastroberardino
Characteristics:
The aromatic profile is magnetic, unfolding with nuances of currant, violet, and plum, accompanied by light boisé tones, cocoa powder, graphite, and sweet tobacco.
On the palate, it is broad, elegantly powerful, and smooth. Sourced from the highest part of the Montemarano vineyard at an altitude of about 550 meters above sea level. Aged for 30 months in barriques and large oak barrels.
The historic Taurasi winery confirms itself among the excellences with a new vintage that expertly combines structure, aromatic finesse, and drinkability. Deservedly among the best.
Grapes: 100% Aglianico
Gulielmus 2018 – Tenute Capaldo
Description:
Fragrant tones of sour cherries and wild strawberries blend with delicate notes of violet, licorice root, and autumn spices. On the palate, it is soft, with a measured and enveloping tannic texture and a finish of good persistence that reflects its varietal character.
After fermentation in stainless steel, the wine matures for 18-24 months in barriques and then again in the bottle for over two years.
A wine with seductive aromas, enveloping on the palate, and excellent retro-olfactory persistence where the juiciness of the fruit echoes.
Without a doubt, among the best Taurasi for its vertical character that emphasizes balance and aromatic finesse over power.
Grapes: 100% Aglianico
Taurasi Vigna Cinque Querce 2017 – Salvatore Molettieri
Characteristics:
It opens with a broad and delicate olfactory bouquet: standout notes of cherry in spirit and blackberry jam, carob, licorice root, and goudron.
On the palate, it is warm, voluminous, with great phenolic concentration and extraordinary persistence. Sourced from a vineyard at an altitude of 550 meters in the Montemarano area. Aged for about 48 months in barriques and large oak barrels.
Rightfully among the best Taurasi for its artisanal, classic, and uncompromising character.
Grapes: 100% Aglianico
Taurasi 2018 – Cantine di Marzo
Description:
On the nose, it expands broadly, alternating intense floral scents with small red fruits, enriched by sweet spices and cloves.
On the palate, it is enveloping with very smooth-textured tannins, supported by a good acidic component that provides freshness and an exciting mineral sapidity. Sourced from vineyards at an altitude of 450 meters in Luogosano and Montemarano. Aged in French oak barriques for one year.
A Taurasi of great freshness and lively character, an excellent synthesis of freshness, sapidity, and persistence.
Grapes: 100% Aglianico
Macchia Dei Goti Taurasi 2017 – Caggiano
Descrizione :
Galvanizza il naso con sentori di violetta e ciliegia croccante e a cui si aggiungono erbe officinali e un leggere tocco boisé ben integrato.
Il sorso è fresco e vibrante, sostenuto da una discreta concentrazione fenolica ben tratteggiata e coadiuvata da una piacevole sapidità minerale che conferisce struttura e lunghezza alla beva. Viene lasciato maturare in barrique di rovere francese per un periodo variabile dal 12 ai 18 mesi.
Vino succoso di grande identità territoriale. Tra le migliori espressioni di Taurasi per armonia e acidità.
Vitigni: Aglianico 100%
Taurasi Riserva ‘Piano di Montevergine’ 2017 – Feudi di San Gregorio
Description:
It galvanizes the nose with scents of violet and crisp cherry, complemented by medicinal herbs and a light, well-integrated boisé touch.
The sip is fresh and vibrant, supported by a discreetly well-defined phenolic concentration and aided by a pleasant mineral sapidity that provides structure and length to the drink. It is aged in French oak barriques for a period ranging from 12 to 18 months.
A juicy wine with great territorial identity. Among the best expressions of Taurasi for harmony and acidity.
Grapes: 100% Aglianico
Sanara Vara 2015 – La Molara
Description:
A jubilation of sour cherries, blackberries in jam, blueberries, and macerated flowers evolve into layered notes of underbrush, cocoa beans, cardamom, and graphite.
The sip is warm and densely wraps the palate, supported by powerful and compact tannins counterbalanced by a pleasant granular sapidity that provides breadth and structure. The finish is deep, fruity, and incredibly long.
Deservedly among the best Taurasi wines for depth and persistence.
Grapes: 100% Aglianico
Amato Taurasi 2016 – Cantine Mito
Description:
It opens shy but mysterious with spicy notes of undergrowth and humus, unfolding towards blackberry and wild blueberry.
The palate is warm and expansive, with tannins that are just starting to assert themselves, and a finish of excellent persistence.
One of the best Taurasi wines in terms of quality-price ratio. Excellent balance and length.
Grapes: 100% Aglianico
Fusonero 2015 – Villa Matilde
Descrizione:
Prugna in confettura, succose fragoline di bosco e visciole sotto spirito lasciano pian piano spazio a un sottofondo di cioccolato bianco, liquirizia e pepe nero.
Al palato è denso, materico, con un finale in cui riecheggia protagonista il frutto.
Un Taurasi denso e succosissimo, concentrato e balsamico, di grande persistenza.
Vitigni: Aglianico 100%
Jungano 2020 – San Salvatore
Descrizione:
It opens with a sharp and seductive profile of complex ripe cherries and jammy blackberries, evolving into nuances of leather and balsamic notes.
On the palate, it exhibits excellent acidity, soft tannins, and a good trace of iodized minerality.
A wine with seductive aromas and a palate-enveloping texture. Among the best for freshness and versatility in food pairing.
Vitigni: 100% Aglianico
Taurasi 2016 – Cantine Lonardo
Descrizione:
The nose presents notes of cherries, blackberries, dried red flowers, and spicy hints of dried figs, coffee, and cocoa beans.
On the palate, it enters with a broad and sinuous presence, featuring sculpted tannins and a subtle balsamic undertone that enhances its smoothness. Bottled unfiltered.
A Montepulciano d’Abruzzo of great style, characterized by a clear expression of fruit and balsamic notes.
Vitigni: 100% Aglianico
Taurasi Rue 333 2018 – Nativ
Descrizione:
Violets, blackberries, and jammy plums extend towards a finish rich with hints of underbrush, resin, and pronounced boisé notes.
Aged in French oak barriques for 36 months.
The palate is warm and velvety with powerful tannins that gradually give way to a long and fruity finish.
Rue 333 by Nativ is among the best Taurasi wines for its power and persistence.
Vitigni: 100% Aglianico
Taurasi Poliphemo 2016 – Luigi Tecce
Descrizione:
The aromatic profile is fine and surprising. It opens with an explosion of dried plums and sour cherries in spirits, layered over notes of myrtle, carob, and leather.
The palate is very intense and warm, driven by tannins characterized by pronounced roughness and moderate acidity. It is obtained from spontaneous fermentation with a maceration period of about 40 days in large chestnut vats. Following this, it undergoes refinement in tonneaux on fine lees for at least 24 months, during which there is no clarification or filtration with yeasts.
Poliphemo is a wine with a powerful extract, a synthesis of pulp and balsamic notes, resulting from long and skillful macerations.
TAURASI HISTORY AND DISCIPLINARY
The production of Taurasi wine boasts a long history: the wine is in fact produced with Aglianico, an ancient vine originally from Greece, which is why it was called ‘Ellenico’.
It is assumed that Aglianico was introduced in Italy around the 7th century BC. Since 1167 AD. there is evidence of the cultivation by the Spaniards of the ‘Aglianica’ vine in Taurasi, in the Irpinia area
In 1993 Taurasi, on the wave of growing success, became the first Italian wine from central-southern Italy to be able to boast the prestigious DOCG, thanks also to the impulse of the historic Mastroberardino winery, the Antica Hirpinia winery and the studies conducted by the important oenologist Richard Cotarella.
TAURASI: THE TERROIR OF IRPINIA
Taurasi owes its success to its cellars of the Irpinia terroir: endowed with peculiarities of the subsoil and climatic conditions of great enological vocation.
Irpinia is in fact a historical region of the Campanian Apennines, very different from the rest of Campania.
It is in fact a hilly mountain plateau where rivers and streams meander, including the famous Calore, and countless lakes, woods and mountains covered with chestnut, beech and centuries-old oaks follow one another.
The climate of Irpinia is pre-Alpine continental, characterized by strong temperature ranges conferred by the important altitudes, cold and snowy winters and mild summers, with never excessive average temperatures.
The Irpinia soils where Taurasi is born are of volcanic origin, particularly rich in mineral micronutrients. On the surface there are mainly calcareous layers, which emphasize the floral character of Aglianico, while the hills and valleys are made up of deposits of arenaceous and clayey materials, which give great structure and longevity to the wines.
All extremely favorable elements to give life to wines of great concentration, structure, and sapidity, but also finesse and elegance of the perfumes.
What is the best Taurasi?
What is the best value for money Taurasi wine? Choosing is a difficult undertaking, which in any case is inevitably subject to the limits of a subjective opinion, which as such, by definition, is deficient and arbitrary.
We have compiled our list of virtuoso quality interpretations of Taurasi from the best wineries according to our evaluations. However, it remains essential to underline that the best Taurasi is the one that is capable of moving us, even by binding us to contingent situations and unrepeatable and intimate moments of our lives.
Therefore, we invite you to discover all the wineries that produce Taurasi in their uniqueness, so that you can independently find and choose the wine that canbe counted among your best Taurasi for you.
