Wine of Aglianico from Campania, Italy.
Campania has dry, hot summer and an abundance of sunshine which ensure the full ripeness of grapes, and cooling effect from the ocean and the Apennine Mountains to retain grapes acidity.
Mastroberardino is an estate in Campania which was in quite poor shape after WW2, but Antonio Mastroberardino, father of the current president, and his brother rebuilt the winery and now it is one of the most notable wineries in the southern Italy.
What they rebuilt was not just their winery: they also reestablished indigenous grapes from the verge of extinction, and Aglianico is one of them.
This wine had violet, fresh and ripe cherry, herb and tobacco.
After more than 10 years of ageing, tannin was very soft, almost mellow.
Having this wine with wild boar terrine was a great pairing.
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