What are thebest wines from Campania. Discover our list with photos, descriptions, and tastings of the best wines from Campania.
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- The best red wines from Campania
- Best white wines from Campania
BEST WINES FROM CAMPANIA – Recommended by Jean Marco Palmieri
What are the best wines from Campania?
So let’s see together a list of the best Campania wines and discover their characteristics with our tasting so that everyone can find the best Campania wines suitable for their tastes.
BEST WINES FROM CAMPANIA (2024)
Terre di Lavoro 2020 – Galardi
Description: Galvanizes with a fine and complex aromatic profile, featuring dark forest fruits and well-integrated spicy and toasted notes.
From a vineyard facing southwest on volcanic soils at an altitude of 400-500 meters. Fermentation in stainless steel with 20 days of skin maceration and frequent punch-downs.
A true enological institution of Campania.
Grapes: 80% Aglianico and 20% Piedirosso
Serpico 2016 – Feudi di San Gregorio
Characteristics:
The sip is enveloping with compact and vigorous tannins and a balsamic finish of great precision and length. On the nose, notes of cranberries and blood orange, violet, and eucalyptus emerge, followed by cocoa powder and cinchona.
On the palate, it presents a great balance between the phenolic component, acidity, and alcohol, with a finish of great length and freshness with balsamic and fruity echoes.
From the iconic Campanian winery Feudi di San Gregorio, a virtuous interpretation of pure Aglianico that emphasizes elegance and balance.
Grapes: 100% Aglianico
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
Montevetrano 2021 – Montevetrano
Description:
On the nose, it spreads intense aromas of violet, plum, and sweet tobacco, enriched by notes of cinchona and eucalyptus. On the palate, it is round, with well-polished tannins, and in the retro-olfaction, it echoes a granular sapidity of generous persistence.
An icon of Campania, Montevetrano is a majestic and unusually elegant wine, highly recognizable and enhancing the classic Bordeaux blend with the native Aglianico grape. Deservedly among the best Campanian wines for its seductive drinkability and the interesting interplay between balsamic, iodized, and floral components.
Grapes: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Aglianico, 20% Merlot
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
BEST WHITE WINES FROM CAMPANIA (2024)
Furore ‘Fiorduva’ 2021 – Marisa Cuomo
Characteristics: Brushstrokes of broom, orange blossom flowers, passion fruit, and candied apricot blend harmoniously with fresh notes of Mediterranean scrub, cedar, and dried green tea. In the mouth, it is very soft, with an excellent structure, with a full and round sip with a salty finish with continuous returns of candied fruit.
Icon of the Amalfi Coast and of Campania as a whole, Fiorduva is one of those rare and unforgettable wines, produced with top-quality native grapes. Fully entitled among the best Campania wines for the ability to reconcile structure, identity, and elegance.
Grapes: Fenile 30%, Ginestra 30%, Ripoli 40%
Vigna Laure 2021 – Cantine di Marzo
The nose opens wide on floral notes of orange blossom, broom and acacia, to turn towards fresh fruity successions of yellow pulp fruit. On the palate, it presses with a pleasant acidity that gives a pleasant freshness enhanced by soft enveloping and iodized sensations and flint minerals, which give great volume and structure in the mouth.
Slightly almond finish, intense, harmonious, with long persistence and balance.
A Greco di Tufo that fascinates with its multifaceted aromas and sensational mineral presence on the palate. Fully among the best Campania wines for value for money and versatility in food pairing. The collaboration with the oenologist Vincenzo Mercurio is confirmed as a great certainty.
Grapes: Greco 100%
Greco di Tufo Goleto 2019 – Tenute Capaldo
Characteristics: Stratified aromatic profile: initially on floral notes of orange blossom, flanked by registers of mango, embellished with more enigmatic hints of saffron, stamps of sage and a finish that is divided between hydrocarbons and viennoiserie. Palate characterized by an acidity of a pressing backbone and a finish of imperishable persistence with echoes in which the fruit echoes as the protagonist.
From one of the most iconic Campanian cellars, a Greco di Tufo of unusual expressiveness that bets on the extraordinary evolutionary potential of the varietal. Fully among the best Campania wines for organoleptic complexity.
Grapes: Greco 100%
Vigna Isca 2021 Riserva – Caggiano
Characteristics:
Smell initially played on citrus notes which are accompanied by registers of medicinal herbs, hydrocarbons and light well integrated woody notes.
Palate characterized by great sapidity and an acidity of a pressing backbone that gives marked freshness and a finish of imperishable persistence with echoes in which the fruit echoes as the protagonist.
One of the best Fianos for whimsical elegance. The note alternating iodized sapidity and juiciness of the fruit creates an exciting dialectic. Excellent value for money.
Vigna Cicogna 2022 – Benito Ferrata
Characteristics:
The aromatic picture is interesting, outlining stamps of crunchy peach, lemon zest and wild mint, which are accompanied by delicate sensations of saltiness.
The sip is intense and well structured: it envelops pressingly, with a marked acidity and a well-drawn lively iodine vein.
One of the best interpretations of Greco di Tufo for taste-olfactory complexity. Great intelligibility of the fruit tempered by a very fresh acid blade that makes every sip rich and tonic.
Giallo d’Arles 2022 – Quintodecimo
Characteristics:
Fragrant notes of orange peel and crunchy peach mix with acacia honey and incipient notes of Dijon mustard and saltiness.
On the palate it is well balanced between the savory and glyceric components and an intriguing acid backbone that gives length and freshness, blending into a finish of considerable persistence in which the fruit is the protagonist.
Virtuous interpretation of Greco di Tufo characterized by great acidity and varietal sharpness.
Grapes:100% Greek
Miniere 2021 – Cantine dell’Angelo
Characteristics:
Peach in syrup and orange blossom flowers mix with sulphurous stamps and bitter almonds.
On the palate it is rich, fresh and sapid, supported by a light tannic and material note that gives length and complexity.
The Greco di Tufo by Cantine dell’Angelo is a virtuous and sincere interpretation of Greco: on the palate it has an acidity that creates synergy with the savory and mineral dimension. Definitely among the best wines from Campania for their artisanal and authentic character.
Fiano di Avellino ‘Pietramara – Etichetta Bianca’ 2019 – I Favati
Characteristics:
Notes of bergamot, pink grapefruit, and yellow peach stand out on the nose, enriched by very delicate hints of hay and flint. On the palate, it is juicy, with a powerful backbone acidity that draws the sip towards a saline finish with slightly almondy returns. Excellent persistence.
An overwhelming white envelops the drink in a kaleidoscope of juicy and saline sensations. To be counted among the best Italian whites for the enhancement of the Fiano vine, explosive and highly recognizable.
Grapes: Fiano 100%
Piano di Stio Fiano 2022 – San Salvatore
Description:
The Pian di Sisto di San Salvatore wine opens on notes of hawthorn and crunchy white-fleshed fruit, to continue towards decisive stamps of acacia honey and salty sensations.
The sip is soft, with a lively and well-drawn acid line.
A wine of great acidity and aromatic expressiveness and with great versatility in food pairing.
Fully among the best Campania wines for its fragrant and vertical character.
Fiano di Avellino ‘Radici’ 2022 – Mastroberardino
Characteristics:
On the nose emerge decisive brushstrokes of broom, candied lime peel and thyme on a background of pink pepper.
The sip is soft and reveals body, freshness and flavor. Closure of great length on citrus and spicy echoes.
Fiano di Avellino Radici is obtained through the reduction technique to authentically enhance the varietal and territorial imprint of the wine. A Fiano of unusual olfactory clarity and acidity. Deservedly among the best expressions of white wines from Campania.
Fiano di Avellino ‘Bosco Satrano’ 2019 – Villa Raiano
Characteristics:
It opens on citrus and mineral notes, on which lemon peel, yellow grapefruit, pear, flint and graphite stand out. On the palate it is very fresh, made snappy by an acidic vein with brackish hints. Great retro-olfactory persistence.
Rich in aromas and presence on the palate. A fully-fledged Fiano di Avellino among the best Campanian wines for the intriguing note of alternating iodized sapidity and acidity, which creates an intriguing and engaging dialectic.
Grapes: Fiano 100%
Bianco Pompeii 2021 – Bosco Dei Medici
The white wine of di Pompeii from Bosco dei Medici opens with notes of hawthorn and crunchy white-fleshed fruit, to continue towards decisive stamps of acacia honey and salty sensations.
The sip is soft, with a lively and well-drawn acid line. The vineyards are cultivated at an altitude between 250 and 350 meters above sea level, with sunny south-west exposure and on soils mainly composed of volcanic sand.
A wine of great aromatic expressiveness and great versatility in food pairing.
Grape variety: Caprettone 100%
Janare Anima Lavica 2022 – La Guardiense
Description:
The wine opens on a large bouquet that ranges from yellow pulp fruit and orange blossom flowers embellished with notes of wild fennel and acacia honey.
On the palate it is voluminous and sapid, with a finish of excellent cleanliness and persistence in which the floral and fruity notes echo.
The Janare of La Guardiense is a fragrant and immediate wine that enhances the varietal character of Falanghina in an elegant key. Excellent value for money.
Fiano di Avellino Ciro 906 – Ciro Picariello
Characteristics:
The aromatic framework is intense, multifaceted and fresh with successions of chamomile and elderflower that veer towards brackish stamps.
On the palate it is voluminous and supported by a great acid backbone.
A wine of excellent freshness, precision and olfactory clarity. Deservedly among the best Fianos for drinkability and gastronomic potential.
Don Chiosciotte 2019 – Zampaglione
Characteristics:
Fresh and fragrant olfactory range, with citric notes that blend with orange blossom, candied apricot, Dijon mustard and lambic beer. In the mouth it is extraordinarily voluminous with a persistent, savory and fresh finish that confirms the sense of smell.
A wine of great character obtained from macerated Fiano.
Fully among the bestCampania wines for its unique and original character. Surprising the ability to be fragrant without oxidative notes typical of the macerated style.
WINES OF CAMPANIA
What are the best wines from Campania? Among the best wines from Campania we can mention important wines such as Taurasi DOCG, Greco di Tufo DOCG, Fiano di Avellino DOCG, Aglianico del Taburno DOCG and many others.
Let’s briefly discover some of the characteristics of some of the vines from which the best Campania wines are made.
Aglianico
Aglianico is certainly among the best wines from Campania. It is a red grape varietythat gives life to numerous denominations of wines from Campania such as Taurasi DOCG, Aglianico del Taburno DOCG, Cilento Aglianico DOC and many others. Aglianico gives life to particularlytannic, fruity,spicyandfull-bodied wines, particularly suitable for ageing.
Fiano
Certainly among thebest wines from Campaniathere istheFiano, awhitewine made from the homonymous vine, which finds its maximum expression in Irpinia, where it gives life to the Fiano di Avellino DOCG. Furthermore, it is also used in many other denominations such as Sannio DOC, Cilento DOC and Salento DOC.
Fiano gives life to white wines with excellent acidity and structure, ideal for daily consumption, but also to some of the mostelegant,complex wines with great aging potential among thebest Italian white wines.
Greco
Surely among thebest wines from Campaniathere is theGreco, awhitewine made from the vine of the same name, which finds its maximum expression in Irpinia, where it gives life to Greco di Tufo DOCG, and in other denominations such as Sannio DOC, Cilento DOC and Vesuvio DOC.
TheGrecoproduces white wines with great body, acidity and sapidity, and is used to make wines suitable fordaily consumption, but also wines that represent qualitative peaks of great interest.
Falanghina
Undoubtedly among the best wines from Campania there is the Campani: a white grape variety, which finds its maximum expression in the Benevento area, where it makes up the Falanghina del Sannio DOC wine, but is also used for other Campanian wines such as Falanghina del Taburno DOC, Campi Flegrei DOC, Galluccio DOC. Falanghina gives life to wines with floral and aromatic herb aromas, very versatile in terms of food pairing and appreciated in daily consumption, but also wines of great character.
What are the best wines from Campania?
What is the best wine in Campania? 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 simply compiled our own list of favorite interpretations according to our evaluations. However, it remains essential to underline that wine is not born to be prestigious, exhibited or flaunted.
But to get excited and be shared in a genuine way with the people we love, bonding to contingent situations and unrepeatable and intimate moments of our lives.
Therefore, we invite you to visit wineries and get to know the producers who produce wines in their uniqueness, so that you can independently discover and choose the wine that canbe counted among your personal favorite wines for you. If you have had the patience to read up to here, I thank you for your attention, but now is the time to fill the glasses and sever the distant hopes, and therefore:
Cheers, Salute, Santé
Jean Marco Palmieri
