I Cacciagalli 'Mille'

VINTAGE: 2019 WINE TYPE: Red VARIETAL: 50% Pallagreo Negra 25% Piedirosso 25% Aglianico COUNTRY: Italy REGION: Campania  APPELLATION: Roccamonfina IGT SIZE: 750ml In a sleepy corner of northern Campania, secular chestnut trees and vines intersperse the flanks of the dormant volcano of Roccamonfina. Cacciagalli’s essence is vines grown on volcanic soils, and a cellar of thick-lipped amphorae sweating the fragrance of Campania’s native grapes.  Since the 17th century, Diana Iannancone’s family have been the caretakers of this ancient masseria (farmstead). ‘Mille’ is a reference to the revolutionary Garibaldi and his 1000 “soldiers,”which he gathered along the road from Ligura to the south.  Mutedblackberries here, the tobacco, the grip and release of bitter bass noteswith a thrush of low alcohol freshness.  DELICIOUS!!!