Place: Irpinia - Campania, Italy

Variety: Aglianico

Farming: Organic

Cantina Giardino (Garden Winery) started in 2003 as a project of six friends, deeply in love with their land and committed to protecting its heritage. Irpinia is a wine region with some of the oldest vineyards in Europe—there are vines over 300 years old in Taurasi.

From a 75yr old vineyard in Montemarano, this spent two weeks on skins, followed by two and a half years in chestnut barrels. Striking a perfect balance between maturity and the vigour of youth, it is a wine of great structure, with firm tannins and a long, lingering acidity, suggesting a long life ahead.