Campania Wine Guide: Grapes, Appellations & Producers

The 'Barolo of the south'

Tip · Aglianico ripens very late (into November) and is so tannic and ageworthy it's nicknamed the 'Barolo of the south'.

Value pick

Guastaferro Taurasi 'Primum' · ~$40

Old-vine Aglianico from ungrafted vines — towering, age-worthy 'southern Barolo' at a fair price.

Collector pick

Mastroberardino 'Radici' Taurasi Riserva · ~$80 · 2015

From the family that saved southern Italy's native grapes — an age-worthy 'southern Barolo'.

Fiano & Greco

Tip · Campania's whites — Fiano and Greco — are among Italy's most age-worthy, a world away from simple sunny southern whites.

Value pick

Pietracupa Fiano di Avellino · ~$30

Many critics' pick for the finest white in the south — mineral, ageable, and still underpriced.

Collector pick

Pietracupa 'Greco di Tufo' (top cuvée) · ~$45 · 2021

A benchmark age-worthy southern white from a cult grower — a connoisseur's pick.