Luigi Tecce - Taurasi Riserva 'Poliphemo'
| Vintage: | 2015 |
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| Description: | "If you don't know the name already, Luigi Tecce belongs on your short list of up-and-coming wineries in Campania. Tasting these wines immediately brings producers such as Paolo Bea, Arianna Occhipinti and Emido Pepe to mind. It's likely that the day will come that they are spoken about in the same circles." - Eric Guido - Vinous A visit to Luigi Tecce can get you emotional. Luigi himself is a ball of them, and his Aglianico from Taurasi elicits them. His grandfather's masseria (farmhouse) and vineyards are located in the Taurasi subzone known as Sud-Alta Valle (South-High Valley). It's one of Taurasi's high-altitude growing areas, having a soil that's layered with sand, limestone and Vesuvius' pumice; it's also the dwelling of Luigi's 80+ year old vine-trees. There's no enologist and no agronomist, Luigi works in relative solitude. Maybe that's why there's such |
| Price: | $ 89.00 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
