Tasting notes, Sept. 17, 2022; wines from Campania

                  Campania

2021 Sanitte Falanghina del Sannio
$15.99 / Case Price $12.80
Benevento / Campania / Italy
100% Falanghina
Culled from a number of small farmers, the Sanitte Falanghina offers typical Falanghina aromas of honey and flowers. Light and bright, though only moderately acidic, this is a refreshing yet soft white.
2019 Benito Ferrara
Vigna Cicogna
$29.99 / Case Price $24
Avellino / Campania / Italy
100% Greco di Tufo
Fermented with indigenous yeast in stainless steel, the Cicogna spends an additional 7 months in tank, absorbing additional weight and flavor from the wine’s fine lees. Leading with mineral, backed by crunchy white fruit.
2020 Luigi Maffini
Kratos Paestum
$29.99 / Case Price $24
Cilento / Campania / Italy
100% Fiano
From vines first planted at the property in the 1970’s, Maffini’s Fiano is fermented and aged in stainless steel. At first the nose presents as rather reticent before revealing a layered palate featuring apricot, kiwi and floral tones.
2019 Mastroberardino
Lacryma Christi Rosso
$21.99 / Case Price $17.60
Vesuvio / Campania / Italy
100% Piedirosso
From vineyards located at the foot of Mt Vesuvius, the Piedirosso grape is the chosen vehicle for expressing the distinctly mineral, indeed ashen character of the zone. Wild, spicy and energetic, this is an ideal partner for pizza Margherita.
2018 Terredora Dipaolo
Aglianico
$16.99 / Case Price $13.60
Campania / Italy
100% Aglianico
Sourced from a variety of hillside sites scattered throughout the Campania area, Terredora’s youthfully exuberant Aglianico is kept with the skins only briefly to avoid over extraction of the grape’s fierce tannins. A friendly, easy going example of the varietal.
2018 Caggiano
Macchia di Goti
$49.99 / Case Price $40
Taurasi / Campania / Italy
100% Aglianico
Aglianico planted in a unique combination of clay and limestone, the Macchia di Goti is aged for 12-18 months in small barrels prior to bottling. Dense, powerful and loaded with both smoky earth and dark red fruit, this Taurasi may be aged for an additional decade in bottle.