Musto Carmelitano - Maschitano Rosso Aglianico del Vulture 2020

A complex and serious Aglianico from Vulture, Basilicata in southern Italy.

Tangy red and blue berries, fresh violets, mandarin, lavender, and liquorice on the nose. Expands on the palate, with flavours of smokey black cherry and plum, tangy dark berries, sage, lavender, and dried wild herbs. Medium bodied and dry, balanced with bright acidity and light, earthy tannins for a deliciously smooth and fresh texture.

A beautifully drinking expression of Aglianico that is full of depth and concentration.

NERD NOTES

Elisabetta & Luigi Musto Carmelitano are brother and sister and the current guardians of this small but passionate estate in the south of Italy. They have full dedication to mastering one single varietal - Aglianico. Their wines are an honest, pure expression of what top-notch Aglianico can be - beautiful, elegant and balanced, yet powerful and rustic. They use organic methods to complement Basilicata’s unique volcanic soils. For a grape that can have such power and structure, their wines have tremendous grace and finesse as well as a refreshing underlying minerality from the volcanic soils.