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2012 Aglianico Maschitano Rosso, Basilicata, Musto Carmelitano

Product: 24025
Maturity: Ready, but will keep
Vintage: 2012
Origin: Italy Basilicata
Producer: Musto Carmelitano, Basilicata
Grape Variety: Aglianico
Style: Light-Medium Bodied, Dry, 13.5% alcohol
Closure Type: Cork
Eco Information: Organic (Certified)
Berrys' Notes
This is Aglianico del Vulture in all but name; the Musto Carmelitano family deciding to release it under the 'Maschitano Rosso' label so as to capture the
energetic violet scented fruit of youth, and to pay homage to their village of Maschito. Thanks to the cantina's organic viticulture, and absence of oak, the
ripe 2012 fruit boasts added clarity and zip. It's both intense and 'fluid', with a distinct damson crunch. Light/medium bodied for early drinking.
David Berry Green, Wine Buyer

Property: Musto Carmelitano, Basilicata

Musto Carmelitano are a new name making fine bottled Aglianico del Vulture wines. Bottled because up until 2007 the Musto Carmelitano family were
selling their fruit to the local cooperative. Enter the next generation, Francescos children Elisabetta & Luigi, and the first consideration was to go organic.
But as Elisabetta explained, with that change came a reduction in crop quantity; not enough for the coop so they had to bottle it instead! Thank goodness
they did! For the family own 4ha of Aglianico vineyards around the village of Rionero, near Maschito, 600 metres up the volcano Vulture that shapes their
nervy, brooding wines with its clay, lava & sandy soils.

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They are also fortunate in that a significant proportion

of their vines are old, free-standing alberello, spaced
1.20 metres apart.
Since the first label came out in 2007, the family have
focused on producing three Aglianico del Vulture
wines:
Maschitano Rosso IGT, a fresh, early drinking
Aglianico del Vulture denied its D.O.C on account of its
early release; Aglianico del Vulture Serra del Prete, a
pacy wine from fruit grown on predominantly
calcareous clay soils and aged only in stainless-steel...

....and Aglianico del Vulture Pian del Moro, a single vineyard wine from lava brown soils giving a chocolaty rich wine thats seen some French oak. if
youre able to find them high up the volcano then Im sure youll be rewarded with a glass of their classy Muscat!
David Berry Green, Italian Buyer

Region: Basilicata
Basilicata is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia (Puglia) to the east, Calabria to the south, it has one short
coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea and another of the Gulf of Taranto to the south-east.
Basilicata, also known as Lucania, is an often overlooked wine region of parched hills and isolated mountains that can be bitterly cold for its southerly
location. Yet this cool mountainous climate allows grapes to preserve vivid, fresh aromas and flavours. Basilicata has only one DOC in Aglianico del
Vulture, but the quality of it is such that it ranks among the best known indigenous Italian reds.
Aglianico, the name of the grape, is a corruption of the word "Hellenic/ Ellenico" or Greek. The vines was originally planted by the Greeks when they
settled there in pre-Roman times, when southern Italy was a Greek colony known as Magna Graecia or Oenotria. The Greeks planted many vines in the
zones around the Mount Volture , which is considered the prime spot and stronghold of Aglianico today.
Aglianico can produce very long-lived wines of intensity and finesse. In the past young Aglianico wines were often fiercely tannic and harsh - fortunately
improved techniques in both the vineyard and winery have led to fresher and riper wine being made that are eminently approachable in youth but also
still improve with bottle age.

Grape: Aglianico

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