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Feudi di San Gregorio's flagship Irpinia Aglianico, from the old Dal Re vines. Eighteen months in French oak build a dark, savoury red: black cherry, liquorice, tobacco and cocoa over firm tannin. Made for braised beef, game and aged cheese.
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Built from Aglianico on the historic Dal Re vines and aged at least eighteen months in French oak, Serpico shows ruby colour, black cherry, liquorice, coffee and cocoa. Leather, smoke and tobacco sit over the firm tannin and marked minerality the producer highlights.
Serpico leads with black cherry preserve and dark plum, lifted by sweet spice, liquorice and cocoa from the Dal Re fruit. With air the savoury side comes through, and it is the side that stays with you: leather, tobacco and woodsmoke from the eighteen months in French oak. A cool, mineral edge marks it out as Irpinia Aglianico.
Coffee
Black cherry
Blackberry
Plum
Tobacco
Leather
Liquorice
CocoaThe palate is full and firmly tannic: bold, grippy Aglianico structure. High Irpinia acidity keeps it taut, carrying blackberry, coffee and dark chocolate against a savoury, almost balsamic core. The oak is folded in rather than sweet, thanks to the medium-toast 50hl casks the producer uses alongside small barrels.
It finishes long and mineral, with tobacco and bitter cocoa lingering over fine, drying tannin.
Serpico is Feudi di San Gregorio's serious old-vine Irpinia Aglianico, a well-liked wine that Wine Enthusiast scored 94 points in 2016. It rewards braised meat, game and patience rather than a casual pour, and the firmer vintages will cellar a decade or more.
Serpico trades around forty-three to sixty-three pounds a bottle in the UK across the vintages stocked here. Only about 15,000 bottles are made each year, so availability is narrow and older vintages command a premium.
75cl · 2016: £62.69, 1 UK retailer
How this old-vine Irpinia Aglianico scores for food, value, ageing and occasion against the wider Italian range.
High acidity and firm Aglianico tannin make Serpico a natural food red, built for roast meat, game and aged cheese.
Eighteen months in French oak, firm tannin and high acidity give Serpico real cellar life; older vintages still show well after twenty years.
As Feudi di San Gregorio's flagship single-vineyard Aglianico, Serpico is a prestige bottle suited to special occasions.
At forty-three to sixty-three pounds for a 94-point single-vineyard Aglianico, Serpico offers solid quality for its tier, though it is no everyday bargain.
Serpico is austere and tannic in youth and rewards food and age, so it suits experienced drinkers more than newcomers.
A structured, premium single-vineyard red at over forty pounds, Serpico is a special-occasion bottle rather than a midweek pour.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Irpinia denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
Campania's 2016 was an outstanding, balanced season, scored 94 points by Wine Enthusiast for Serpico; the warm, dry 2017 gave a rounder, earlier-drinking style. Aglianico's late Irpinia harvest keeps both fresh.
A hot, dry growing season gave a rounder, riper Serpico that drinks a little earlier. Irpinia's altitude and Aglianico's late harvest kept welcome acidity.
An outstanding, balanced vintage across Campania; Wine Enthusiast scored Serpico 2016 ninety-four points. Classic Aglianico structure with firm tannin and freshness, built for long cellaring.
A hot, dry growing season gave a rounder, riper Serpico that drinks a little earlier. Irpinia's altitude and Aglianico's late harvest kept welcome acidity.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
Serpico is Irpinia Aglianico DOC, grown around Sorbo Serpico in the Avellino hills. The grape's thick skins and high acidity, plus eighteen months in French oak and twelve in bottle, give the structure behind its cellar life.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Irpinia is in the DOC tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Irpinia falls within Campania, covering Avellino.
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Wine route in the zone: Irpinia DOCG circuit.
Serpico comes only from the historic Dal Re vineyard's old Aglianico vines; about 15,000 bottles a year keeps supply scarce and the fruit costly.
Minimum eighteen months in small French oak barrels and 50hl medium-toast casks, then twelve in bottle, ties up stock for years and adds barrel cost before release.
Aglianico around Sorbo Serpico ripens late on high Avellino slopes, where manual harvest and low yields raise growing costs versus flatland fruit.
Wine Enthusiast scored the 2016 Serpico 94 points; that flagship reputation supports a UK price in the forty-three to sixty-three pound band.
UK excise duty on still wine is 2.67 pounds a bottle at 2026 rates, and 20% VAT on a roughly 45-pound bottle is about 7.50 pounds before any margin.
At around 15,000 bottles Serpico is a sizeable single-vineyard wine; Feudi's scale and estate ownership hold the price below boutique Taurasi riservas.
The producer pours Serpico with roast red meats, game and aged cheeses. Its firm tannin and bright Irpinia acidity also handle braised beef and tomato-rich southern ragu.
Serpico's firm Aglianico tannin, the first thing you notice in the glass, binds to the protein and rendered fat of braised and char-grilled beef. The wine reads smoother and the meat gains savoury length.
Try with: Brasato al Barolo · Fiorentina steak · Sunday Roast Beef · More pairings →
The wine's bright Irpinia acidity and eighteen-months-oak grip cut the salt and butterfat of hard aged cheeses. Caciocavallo from the same southern hills is the natural match.
Try with: Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · aged Caciocavallo · Parmigiano Reggiano · More pairings →
Full-bodied and built on old Dal Re vines, Serpico carries the weight of game and long-braised lamb without being flattened. Its persistence matches the richness of the dish.
Try with: Agnello Ragu Lucano · Ossobuco alla Milanese · venison · More pairings →
Leather, smoke and forest-floor notes run right through this wine. Those tones bridge straight to porcini and truffle, echoing the wine's savoury Irpinia core.
Try with: Porcini mushroom risotto · tagliatelle ai funghi · truffle pasta · More pairings →
Aglianico's high natural acidity, the lively freshness the producer highlights, mirrors the tomato acidity in a Lucanian lamb ragu. The pairing stays balanced rather than heavy.
Try with: Agnello Ragu Lucano · pasta al ragu · maccheroni con ragu · More pairings →
Serpico's firm tannin and oak amplify chilli burn rather than cool it, and that grip overwhelms delicate raw fish. Keep it for savoury cooked dishes, not fiery heat or sushi.
Skip with: fiery vindaloo · Sichuan hotpot · sushi and sashimi · raw oysters · Pairing guide →
Serpico has a long track record: the 1996 and 1999 vintages are still well liked, more than twenty years on. With firm tannin and acidity, the 2016 should reward a decade or more in the cellar.
Peak around 2027. Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.
Eighteen months in French oak, firm tannin and high acidity give Serpico real cellar life; older vintages still show well after twenty years.
£41.38 for a 75cl bottle of the 2017, at Decantalo, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighDrawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic. Drinkers score it 4.1 out of 5 from 5,077 ratings on Vivino.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumA top Aglianico from Feudi di San Gregorio in Irpinia, Campania, drawn in part from old, ungrafted vines.
Powerful but refined: black cherry, plum, tobacco, ash and spice with firm tannin and bright acidity.
Aglianico is one of southern Italy's most age-worthy grapes; Serpico rewards a decade or more of cellaring.
Lamb, grilled and braised red meat, game and aged cheese.
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