Taurasi Feudi di San Gregorio - a terrific black grape juice!

Hi Wine Lovers,

How are you doing?

Today I'd like to share my opinion on one of the first great red wines I've tasted in my "wine passion career".

This one is "Taurasi by Feudi di San Gregorio".

Taurasi is type of powerful red wine from a southern Italian region named Campania and it's made from the Aglianico grape.

In the last 10 years the knowledge of Taurasi in the world has grown exponentially.

The "Feudi di San Gregorio" wine production method is a really modern way to produce wines.

They don't spare the use of the French Oak and I'd like to say that I love that.

I'm not necessarily saying that the wood has to cover the peculiarity of the grape but in this case, the Oak (some of first passage oaks) releases into the wine all the needed power.

I remember the first time I tasted a glass of Taurasi By Feudi Di Sangregorio.. it was maybe 10 years ago with my friend Guido, he was just coming back to Italy after 18 years in London and what he didn't know was that he would be greeted by an amazing red wine like Taurasi. We spent a lot of amazing dinners enjoying this fantastic "black" fruit nectar and we'll never forget it.

When I taste a glass of Taurasi I close my eyes and for a moment I feel I'm riding on horseback, in the middle of a mountain orchard. I breathe and I can taste the smell of ripened cherry, tobacco, licorice and last but not least the smell of the leather of "my" horse's saddle :).

I think that in the last 3 or 4 years the Taurasi that we find on the supermarket shelves has lost a little of it's power but maybe that's due mostly to the vintage's differences.

I suggest you try a bottle of Taurasi By Feudi Di San Gregorio as soon as possible, and preferably not too young a vintage, a 1999, 2001 or 2004 would be perfect; they are fairly easy to find (suggested price € 18,90).

I fell in love with it from the first sip, it opened my mind and it made me a wine lover.

See you next week and stay right where you are,

Angelo D'Alessandro

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