Radici

Fact sheet

Type

Other

Grape

Aglianico

Country

Italy

Region

Taurasi

Appellation

Taurasi

Body

full

Acidity

high

Tannin

high

Sweetness

dry

Rated vintages

• 201388 pts

  Acacia flower, toasted hazelnut and Bartlett pear aromas take shape in the glass. The palate delivers stone fruit, citrus zest and mineral alongside bright acidity.

• 201293 pts

  Underbrush, red fruit, dark spice and a whiff of menthol are some of the aromas that come together on this. The firmly structured elegant palate offers ripe plum, red cherry, licorice and tobacco framed in youthfully austere fine-grained tannins that need time to unwind. Drink 2…

• 200992 pts

  Baked plum, grilled mushroom and a potpourri of spicy aromas emerge on this firmly structured red. The concentrated, full-bodied palate delivers ripe black cherry, tobacco, fig, ground pepper and a licorice note. Firm, ripe tannins provide support.

• 200888 pts

  Mastroberardino's Radici (Italian for “roots”) is one of the best Fiano di Avellinos you can find. The wine is luminous and crisp with well-defined mineral notes that shade notes of citrus and stone fruit. Try it with fish or vegetarian foods.

• 200794 pts

  This gorgeous wine from southern Italy shows the true potential of native grape Aglianico. It opens with an intense fragrance of black cherry, leather, truffle, underbrush and spice. The dense, velvety palate delivers blackberry, raspberry and white pepper with a hint of espress…

• 200689 pts

  Clean mineral tones set the stage and are reinforced by pear, yellow flower and a touch of natural rubber. The pretty Fiano offers nutty nuances in the mouth that give it a bit more weight, complexity and grit. A great, refreshing white from one of Campania's best producers.

• 200592 pts

  This is one of our favorite red wines from Southern Italy. The reason is personality: you just don't find this intensity and these lead pencil mineral notes and crushed black pepper anywhere else. The wine is elegant and focused with young tannins that promise a long aging futur…

• 200390 pts

  Despite its age, you still get intact nuances of fruit and berry preserves. This hearty Taurasi does not seem to have suffered too much from the hot vintage and offers thick dense black fruit and firm tannins. Radici is a flagship wine for southern Italy.

• 200192 pts

  This is among Campania's best reds. The aromatic intensity and persistency is stratospheric and the wine doles out generous notes of red cherry, charred volcanic tones and licorice. It's also a wine that evolves, limitlessly, in the glass, gaining intensity and purity the longer…