100% Fiano. Radici was the result of a search for the ideal match of vine and terroir?. The complexity? of its character is highlighted by its careful fermentation? in oak?. The label reproduces a detail of a painting by Micozzi, which adorns the vaults of our maturation? cellars.
Colour: Straw yellow.
Bouquet?: A multitude of aromas, including pear, pineapple, acacia, toasted nut, honey? and hay.
Palate?: Excellent acidity? yet fine smoothness. The opening characterization of white peaches and grapefruit? is followed by a backdrop of of nuts and almonds.
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100% Fiano. The unmistakeable aromas and flavours? of the Fiano grape find their highest expression in More Maiorum. This wine is a return to tradition, and this is reflected in the name, symbolising ‘respect for the ways of our forefathers’. More Maiorum is both a conquest and a confirmation of Mastroberadino's efforts to preserve this ancient vine, a battle which began after the end of World War II.
Colour: Straw yellow with golden highlights.
Bouquet?: Fresh and complex? with spicy overtones well balanced by suggestions of acacia and honey?.
Palate?: The opening minerality opens the way for clear and enticing hints of apricot? and orange? rind; this is followed by a long aftertaste? of toasted hazelnut, typical of this varietal?.
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100% Coda di Volpe del Vesuvio. A wine with a prestigious name and a history entwined with legend: God cried as he found a corner of heaven stolen by Lucifer. Where his tears? fell, there grew the Lacryma Christi vine. Given the extraordinary nature of the territory, where the vine must? struggle through terrain rich in ash, lava and volcanic rock, who could ignore such natural force in the expression of aromas and flavours??
Colour: Straw yellow.
Bouquet?: Hints of pineapple, white peach?, with typical suggestions of liquorice.
Palate?: A well-structured and balanced wine, showing fine fruit supported by a rich mineral? backbone.
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100% Falanghina. The historic Falanghina grape, which was first recorded almost two hundred years ago, in 1825, nowadays finds its epitome in the vineyards of the province of Benevento. The origin of the name is the latin word ‘phalange’, meaning ‘supported by stakes’.
Colour: Light straw yellow with greenish reflections.
Bouquet?: Fresh and fruity?, with strong and persisitent notes of citrus? fruit, pineapple and white flowers.
Palate?: The freshness perceived in the bouquet is fully reflected on the palate, offering assertive and very pleasant acidity? in perfect balance? with the structure? of the wine.
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100% Aglianico. In the two thousand year history of the Aglianico grape, Taurasi, the wine of the ‘vigne opime’ of old Taurasia mentioned by Livy, has a special place. This wine has seen an astonishing series of vintages which have charmed with their style? and personality. Radici, which was produced for the first time in 1986, is the result of painstaking research into exposure, chemical and physical characteristics of terroir?, and topography. Its strong personality, dense structure?, and aromatic? concentration? are the primary features of this prestigious symbol of Irpinian viticulture?.
Colour: Ruby red with orange? reflections.
Bouquet?: full, complex?, intensely redolent of tobacco, cherry, violet and berries.
Palate?: enveloping in the mouth, elegant, and persistent. The background has distinct notes of plum?, bitter cherry, strawberry? jam?, black pepper?.
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The family has well deserved its Mastroberardino s.p.a. recognition for the rescue and relaunch of the ancient Greco vine, which was close to extinction, and also the delineation of its growing area, and its single-variety vinification?. Made from rigorously selected grapes, Novaserra, which has now become a classic, has unprecedented organoleptic? complexity?. The label features detail from a painting by De Rosa, which can be found in their cellars.
Colour: Intense? straw yellow.
Bouquet?: Prominent apricot?, pear, peach?, almond, apple? fruit, freshly cut hay and fern notes
Palate?: Noteworthy for its excellent acidity? and smoothness, to a characteristic background of bitter almond.
How long ago it seems when we felt we had to retrace the rebirth of Irpinian wine when talking about Mastroberardino. The history of glories is there, and no one can gainsay it, but now what grabs attention is the qualitative upturn that has taken the winery? right back to the top of the national tree in a couple of years. This is mainly down to Piero Mastroberardino, who's been in charge of the estate? for several years now, and to Vincenzo Mercurio.
This young, skilled oenologist joined the team in 2002 and immediately saw how to manoeuvre perfectly between the need to kick-start production and the desire to remain faithful to tradition. If you need proof?, just look at the styles of the two Taurasi finalists. Radici '01 symbolizes the new course to perfection.
It's an appealing, open wine, focused to great effect on ringingly clean? fruitiness and a tight?-knit, evolved tannic? weave. Radici Riserva? '99 is history perpetuated and advanced: a proudly austere? and juicily acidic glass of wine. This time the stylistic battle went in favour of the former, which won Three Glasses, but this certainly doesn't man that the war is over.
Three Glasses also went to a fantastic Greco di Tufo Novaserra '04, from one of the best vineyards in Montefusco, a sunny, classy wine full of minerality.
The basic Greco di Tufo, also from '04, is another fabulous glassful, but just a touch less complex?. And what can we say about Fiano di Avellino Radici? Its minerality is divine but it's merely a little too young. A showing like this will be difficult to repeat.
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Irpinia land owes its character to its unusual microclimate?. This is influenced both by Vesuvius and by the area’s temperate climate, which is ideal for the cultivation of the great Irpinia wines. Aglianico must? be considered one of these.
Colour: Intense? ruby red.
Bouquet?: Persistent hints of sour cherry and wild blackberry, with delightful toasted overtones.
Palate?: Soft? and elegant, with a sophistication of character typical of Avellino reds; suggestions of berries and strawberry? jam?.
Serving temperature: 18°C.
Aglianico was the wine of the month for the February 2006 issue of Il Mio Vino?.
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