Great vid. Southern Italy needs more recognition. My IWS course really opened me up to many grapes, wines and styles. Would love to see more from “the south” and the islands. So much there to explore. Thank you!

@drmatthewhorkey

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! I agree about the South of Italy... I have a video on Etna coming up. In the meantime, you can check this out... kzread.info/dash/bejne/fmmmyNelptDWdco.html

@numanuma20

2 жыл бұрын

Was it worth taking the course. Someone told me that it’s not really needed to work in the industry.

I just found this channel and I love it :)

@drmatthewhorkey

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, I hope you enjoy

I tried a Taurasi recently. It was a 2011 Piano De Montevergine. It blew my mind! I loved it. It has the bigger body and more residual sugars that make it so satisfying.

@drmatthewhorkey

2 жыл бұрын

That is a GREAT wine. Glad you enjoyed it

Great video Matt! I'm a fan of Anglianico but it's been a while since I had one. Thanks for reminding me to revisit

@drmatthewhorkey

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I hope you pick up something nice. Are you a Nebbiolo lover too?

@changfachou

3 жыл бұрын

@@drmatthewhorkey Of course! Love Sangio too!

Well done Sir - prep but well done. ;) subscribed.

@drmatthewhorkey

3 жыл бұрын

hahahhahaahah you are the prep!!!

beautiful video, beautiful wines! => great values, I agree!🙂

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Good call!! You’ll see one again in Sunday’s video

I absolutely love Nativ Blu Onice Irpinia Aglianico 2015. But I only have 2 bottles left!

@drmatthewhorkey

3 жыл бұрын

Ohhh I haven’t tasted that one

Galiopo is the Calabrian variety most common. These areas were the 3rd world of Europe in the 80s. People refer to Amalfi in South but theres a hole coastline off that beaten path, Sicily and Liparian Islands, Stromboli. They refer to wine in Calabria, Petrollio lol, what I tried was strong higher ABV

@drmatthewhorkey

8 ай бұрын

I like that grape too

Southern italian here: if you ever get a chance try Luigi Lecce as a producer (Poliphemo is his famous Taurasi) and Quintodecimo. They are both outstanding, and the second has Barolo prices but is better 🙂

@drmatthewhorkey

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the heads up. Grazie a mille

I have Aglianico a few times now and its pretty amazing stuff. You are spot on it does get better with age. Is the Barolo of the South of Italy? Hmmm..... I think it's natural for people to want to have a frame of reference or comparison with something that they know well. I don't know Aglianico well enough to make that call. But it's definitely south Italy's most complex red varietal. I looked on wine-searcher just now about it now, as I remember reading or watching some where that it's very old. Like it goes back to Roman times; don't know it that's 100% correct. But it's definitely an underappreciated wine and should be on every wine lover's radar.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

For years I never got the comparison (even after hundreds of examples) until I had the right one with age. In the span of one month I had two aged ones in blind tastings that made me go… Aaahhhhhh!!!!

got myself a Genesi 2020 aglianico del vulture

@drmatthewhorkey

6 ай бұрын

enjoy it!

Interestingly there's Greek history that some of these wines trace lineage too. We have moorish, Latin, burber N African. Its the Mediterranean

I was surprised when I discovered Aglianico last year: Mastroberardino Taurasi

@drmatthewhorkey

Ай бұрын

Niceee, you'll see a future blind tasting video

Collezione Di Vini from the highest elevation villages in Irpinia produces the best wines made from Aglianico

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Niccce, I’m a big fan of Irpinia too

I just bought a Salvatore Moletteri Taurasi Vigna Querce 2008. I hope it was a good year for it and that the two I bought won’t be flawed.

@drmatthewhorkey

2 жыл бұрын

Ohhhh those should be ready to drink!

@numanuma20

Жыл бұрын

@@drmatthewhorkey I think I ended up with 2012 but what do I care. I drunk one and it was amazing.

Tasted a lot of basic, mainly stainless steel anglianicos (Terredora, Feudi etc etc) phenomenal table wines. Low alc., loads of fruits and they have a pretty decent concentration, very good every day wines. Taurasi needs sh.tloads of time, the new oak just kills them, when they are young imo.

@drmatthewhorkey

3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you on the new oak. The two from Cavalier Pepe in the video are frombig casks. Fresh Aglianicos can be delicious too. I do like Feudi's... Thanks for chiming in!

Great but I just want to rectify one thing! Bellaria, Taurasi is in Campania not from Basilicata where comes from Aglianico del Volture video(6:31) thanks

@drmatthewhorkey

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yes I meant to cover Taurasi and Vulture...

Hello sir. May I inform you that Aglianico is originally a Greek grape, not Italian. This grape was brought to Italy in the times of Magna Grecia 700-500BC from ancient Greek colonizers. It's name "Aglianico" derives from the word "Hellenico" which in Greek means "Greek". However, today it is more used in Italy for wines but in Greece there are very few wineries that started making wine with it again, in the last few decates.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it! There is a lot of debate on this grape. My friend and grape geneticist Jose Vouillamoz has argued and published in Jancis Robinson’s “Wine Grapes” that Aglianico is actually Italian… regardless it can make lovely wines

I never like when they say “the X of the Y”, it’s almost saying like these places have no innovation or that are copying the product of somewhere else. I understand marketing does it to simplify, and I got caught into this with the “Barolo of Greece”. Xinomavro has nothing to do with Barolo and it’s its own great stand-alone wine. There’s no need to use these cheap comparisons. That said, I love Aglianico ❤

@drmatthewhorkey

7 ай бұрын

I love Xinomavro too!

vUlture. Accent on the first 'u'.

@drmatthewhorkey

5 ай бұрын

👍🏼

the best aglianico of the taurasi region is produced by Cantine Antonio Caggiano winner of the best in the best red category in 2014

@drmatthewhorkey

3 жыл бұрын

Whoooaaaa thanks so much for the recommendation

@gerryc2851

3 жыл бұрын

@@drmatthewhorkey my comment should of read "best red in Italy " I apologize