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Casa Vinicola D'Angelo is a family estate in Rionero in Vulture, in Basilicata. Its vines grow on the slopes of Mount Vulture, an extinct volcano. The fourth generation of the family runs it today. Their vineyards cover about 35 football pitches, roughly 62 acres. A cellar cut into soft volcanic rock in the 1930s still sits under the winery. D'Angelo is one of southern Italy's reference names for Aglianico del Vulture DOC.
Basilicata
The D'Angelo family first showed wine at the Bari Trade Fair in 1924. The company took formal shape in the 1930s. For its first 25 years or so, the family sold wine in bulk and grapes to other producers. In the 1950s they changed course and bottled only under their own name.
The decisive year was 1971. Aglianico del Vulture won DOC status that year. Rocco D'Angelo Senior was among the most active promoters of the new appellation. He helped shape the modern face of Basilicata's signature red. In 1976 the first cases left for the United States and Germany. The family has kept that export trade ever since.
The vineyards sit on the slopes of Monte Vulture, an extinct volcano. Its volcanic and clay-limestone soils give the wines a stony, salty edge. The cellar works on two levels. Below ground is a 500 square metre cellar carved from soft volcanic rock. Above it, a 1,500 square metre winery spreads over three floors for making, refining and ageing the wines. Big oak botti of 5,200 litres stand beside smaller barrels and concrete tanks. Each of those casks holds close to 7,000 bottles' worth of wine. Together they give slow-ageing Aglianico the gentle contact with air it needs.
Erminia and Rocco D'Angelo lead the fourth generation. Rocco runs production and the vineyards. Erminia leads sales with their mother, Franca. Sixteen labels leave the cellar. The flagship Aglianico del Vulture heads the list. Single-vineyard and single-parcel picks follow: Sacravite, Valle del Noce, Caselle and Brigante Lucano.
Small plots of Merlot, Primitivo, Malvasia and Moscato grow alongside. The heart of the range is volcanic Aglianico in all its forms. It runs from young, fragrant reds for the table to long-aged bottlings built for the cellar. Erminia welcomes visiting groups herself. Tastings happen among the casks, not in a formal tasting suite.
1 tasting, checked by our editors. From €15.
Tasting & Tour
Cellar tour through the historic tuff cantina followed by a tasting of three D'Angelo wines, hosted by the family.
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