This is Raffaele’s “entry level” Aglianico. From vineyards at an altitude of 500 meters, this very powerful wine matures for several months in a foeder, after which it is further matured in bottle. Very deeply colored, intense, powerful, spicy wine with aromas of deep ripe stewed fruit and ash (!) and with a long, salty mineral aftertaste. Particularly beautiful and very characterful product, not to be missed!

Wine Enthousiast: 91/100

Ian d’Agatha: Best Italian full-bodied red wine of the year: As much as I love the three “B’s” of Italian wine (Barolo, Barbaresco and Brunello) my vote goes to the 2010 Guastaferro Taurasi Primum, a heady mix of ripe red fruit, tar and licorice aromas and flavours with some age on them.