Wine Donato D'Angelo, "Calice" Aglianico del Vulture DOC
Tasting Notes
Wine ruby-red color with garnet reflections.
The wine has a complex, full, dry taste with berry tones, rounded tannins and a long, intriguing aftertaste.
A bouquet of wine is filled with aromas of wild berries, plums, cocoa, cloves, tobacco, menthol and pink pepper.
The wine is excellent with pork, beef stew, Osso boucot, lamb leg, spicy sausages, sheep or Italian cheeses, other Italian dishes.
Interesting Facts
D'Angelo, "Calice" Aglianico del Vulture DOC is a dry red wine made from Alyanico grapes grown in the company's vineyards in the Basilicata region. The vineyards are located on the volcanic soil at an altitude of about 500 m above sea level in the cities of Ripakandida and Maskito . The yield of vineyards does not exceed 45 hectoliters / ha. Crop harvested in the second half of October. Traditional vinification within 10 days passes in cement fermenters. The wine is aged for at least 18 months in French oak barrels. The wine is excellent with pork, braised beef, Ossobuko, lamb leg, spicy sausages, sheep or Italian cheeses, other Italian dishes.
Producer's description
The history of the agricultural company Donato D'Angelo began in 2001 with the acquisition of 20 hectares of vineyards in Aglianico del Vulture, including the municipalities of Barile, Ripacandida and Musquito. 80% of the vineyards are cultivated Aglianico, the remaining 20% are Cabernet Sauvignon and Fiano. Currently, the company is managed by Filomena Ruppi and her husband Donato D'Angelo, who, after more than 40 years of working in the family business (a company studying the territorial features of the region), decided to apply all his knowledge, skills and experience directly to the winery. Today, the company's production volume is about 150,000 bottles per year. The assortment of the company is exported to various European and non-EU countries. The company's philosophy is to provide high quality products, which can be achieved by obtaining the best results, especially in the vineyards. Therefore, careful attention is paid to the painstaking work of winegrowers, and then to the subsequent stages of production.
"Our goal is to remain unchanged in quality, and to demonstrate this, we are ready to sacrifice mediocre vintages, in the sense that if the vintage is not very convincing in terms of quality, we will not bottle it," Filomena Ruppi.
