Vini Nobilis Hellenico Aglianico

Name: Vini Nobilis Hellenico Aglianico
Color: Red
Varietal: Aglianico
Vintage: 2006
Country/State: Italy
Region: Campania
Price: $16
Stars: 3.5 (out of 5)

Last night we watched the Super Bowl and enjoyed our first ever bottle of Aglianico, a grape grown throughout Southern Italy. This one was from Campania and we drank it with a supreme pizza. The wine was big, bold, and fairly rustic. The tannins were gripping, but the dark red fruits came across, along with black tea and earth. It was better with the food than it was on its own...I liked it but didn't love it. Still, it's always fun to try new wines and new varietals.

Unfortunately, on the second night the wine had fallen off pretty drastically and was practically undrinkable.