Taurasi,Salvatore Molettieri 2007 (Campania, Italy)

At 15 years of age, there’s barely a whiff of evolution in a wine made from vines in Montemarano on calcareous clay soils at 550m, whose fine fragrance is followed by a delicious black cherry fruitiness etched with an incisive, almost saline acidity. The altitude and soils, combined with ageing for up to 60 months in barrel for a remarkable roundness of texture, appear to be the keys to its gradual evolution, showing the potential of Aglianico to age well when the primary fruit is as good as this.