NoseElegant and refined, featuring red fruit notes such as mulberry and blackberry. Hints of myrtle accompany aromas of bitter cocoa, tobacco, and a cool menthol touch. black-cherryblack-pepperblackberrychocolate
FlavorThe wood is integrated. The wine’s freshness is its signature trait, making it ideal for very long aging.
Campania At a Glance
Region NameCampania
Like many Italian regions, Campania is home to an impressive array of grape varieties, some found almost nowhere else on earth. Its most important variety is arguably Aglianico, the grape behind the region’s two most famous and respected red wines: Taurasi and Aglianico del Taburno.
Score: 92Vintage 2020Kerin O KeefeMade with Aglianico and aged in Slavonian casks and in barriques, the Villa Raiano 2020 Taurasi has aromas of vanilla, prune, French oak and licorice. The aromas follow over to the structured palate along with hints of clove, cocoa and wintergreen. Well-integrated tannins offer support. Drink 2028–2035. Shelf TalkerFull Page Review
Score: 93Vintage 2019James SucklingBlack fruit, wet earth and tobacco on the nose, as well as slate and tea leaves. It’s full-bodied, firm and well-framed, but well-integrated, too, with a long and mineral finish. Drink or hold.Shelf TalkerFull Page Review
Score: 92Vintage 2019The Wine Advocate In the heavy glass bottle, the Villa Raiano 2019 Taurasi (with 15,000 units made) has an inky dark appearance with pressed blackberry, baked plum, grilled rosemary and tarry spice. Despite those robust aromas, the wine clocks in with a moderate, medium-weight mouthfeel in this vintage.Shelf TalkerFull Page Review
Score: 92Vintage 2019Kerin O KeefeBlue flower, ripe black-skinned berry, underbrush and oak-driven aromas come to the forefront on the Villa Raiano 2019 Taurasi. On the robust palate, notes of licorice, vanilla and coconut accent a black cherry core while a backbone of firm, close-grained tannins provide support. Fresh acidity keeps it lifted. Still primary and youthfully austere, give this time to fully integrate and develop. Drink 2029–2039.Shelf TalkerFull Page Review
Score: 91Vintage 2019VinousA mix of dusty dried violets, exotic spices, incense and ashen stone smolders up from the 2019 Taurasi. This is vividly fruit-focused, with tart wild berries and hints of zesty citrus combining over a core of zesty acidity. Grippy tannins inform the finish as the 2019 tapers off structured and long, leaving a pleasantly bitter tinge to resonate.Shelf TalkerFull Page Review
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