Aglianico del Vulture La Firma 2000

Cantine del Notaio (Italy)

Aglianico
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧✭

The wine has a beautiful and intense ruby red color and nuances of ruby red, little transparency. The nose reveals personality with elegant, intense, clean and pleasing aromas of black cherry jam, blueberry jam, plum, licorice, leather, dried violet, cocoa, carob and vanilla. In mouth denotes good correspondence to the nose, a slightly tannin attack however well balanced by alcohol. Intense flavors, good body and smooth tannins. The finish is persistent with clean flavors of plum, blueberry and black cherry. La Firma is aged in cask for 12 months and for 4 months in bottle.
Alcohol: 13.5%
Game, Braised meat, Stewed meat, Roasted meat, Hard cheese
Suggested glass	18 °C (64 °F)
(Full Bodied and Very Mature Red Wines)
Issue 8, May 2003