D'Angelo Aglianico del Vulture Superiore Canneto 2019

Alcohol: 13.5%

Grape(s): 100% Aglianico del Vulture 

Localisation: Basilicata, Italy

Tasting Notes: With its 35-year aging period, Canneto is definitely one of the historic wines of Casa Vinicola D’Angelo. This is a balanced and harmonious Aglianico for any occasion. The name comes from the numerous reeds (“canne” in Italian), found in the vineyards, which are very important for the training and growth of the vines. Intense ruby red with garnet hints and a wide, balanced and well-developed bouquet. Robust, soft, velvety and harmonious.

Food Pairing: Pasta or rice dishes with vegetables and/or meat, as well as with white or red meat. Perfect with baked pork loin.

The Domain: The history of Aglianico is lost in the mists of time, therefore, its origins are very difficult to determine. It appears to have been introduced by the Greeks in their Southern Italian colonies around 800 or 700 BC. Among the most commonly mentioned historical evidence is the discovery of a Roman wine press in Rionero in Vulture, as well as an ancient bronze coin found in the Venosa area, depicting Dionysus (Bacchus in the Roman transposition), a Greek god. As for literary citations, possibly none deserves a mention more than the famous odes to wine written by Roman poet Horace, a native of Venosa. The origin of the name is quite uncertain, if not even mysterious. For many years, people believed that the term Aglianico came from ancient Greek – confirming its ancient Greek etymology – and that the original word was “crippled” during the Aragonese domination to become Aglianico. According to another theory – introduced by Manuela Piancastelli – the term Aglianico derives from the Greek word “agleukinosicos” or “wine without sugar/glucose.”