Taurasi DOCG from Feudi di San Gregorio, pure Aglianico off Irpinia's volcanic and clay soils. Aged 18 months in French oak barriques, it leads with sour cherry, cinnamon and sweet tobacco over firm tannins. The Barolo of the South, built for red-mea
Bright ruby with garnet edges, sour cherry and marasca over cinnamon, nutmeg and the sweet tobacco of 18 months in French oak. Drawn from Feudi di San Gregorio's own sheet and the Vivino drinker consensus.
Feudi di San Gregorio sets out the Taurasi as bright ruby with garnet edges, fragrant with sour cherry and marasca over cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and anise. The 18 months in medium-toast French oak barriques show as the sweet tobacco and oaky-vanilla lift that Vivino drinkers flag most often. With air, the earthy, leathery side of Irpinia Aglianico emerges underneath the fruit.
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VanillaPure Aglianico off Irpinia's volcanic and clay soils, full and balanced at 13.5% with the soft, sweet tannins the producer's own sheet describes. There is firm structure under the ripe sour-cherry and dark-plum fruit, with liquorice and baking-spice carried by the barrique ageing. This is a wine with the grip to age, not an early-drinking southern red.
Long and savoury, closing on leather and dried-cherry depth with the aromatic persistence Feudi calls out. The tannins still firm up the close on younger bottles, a sign of the cellar time Taurasi rewards.
Feudi di San Gregorio's flagship Taurasi, the wine that helped earn Aglianico its Barolo of the South tag, sits at the heart of the Irpinia range. Vivino drinkers rate it 3.9 across more than 18,000 votes and critics back it up, with James Suckling at 93 and Decanter at 92 on the 2019; give it red-meat roasts and a few years in the cellar.
Live UK listings for the 2019 to 2021 vintages of Feudi di San Gregorio Taurasi, from around £23 to £46 a bottle. Compare retailers and vintages before you buy.
How Feudi di San Gregorio Taurasi scores for food, value, cellaring and occasion drinking, scored against its Aglianico structure and DOCG classification.
Firm Aglianico tannin and bright acidity make this Taurasi a structural food red; the producer and Vivino crowd both point it at red-meat roasts and braises.
At a lowest live price near £23 a flagship-producer Taurasi DOCG undercuts the £24-57 market band for the appellation seen at vino.com, a strong price for the classification.
DOCG Taurasi with 18 months in French oak barriques plus 9 months in bottle and firm Aglianico structure; critic notes and the firm close support a decade-plus in the cellar.
A high-classification DOCG from Feudi di San Gregorio, the wine behind Aglianico's Barolo of the South tag and priced up to £46, suits a serious table.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our editorial methodology.
A compact view of what the Taurasi denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
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How the recent Irpinia vintages of this Aglianico differ, from the structured, critic-backed 2019 to the cooler, tightly wound 2021. Drink windows and vintage character for each.
A cooler, tightly wound Irpinia vintage with bright acidity and youthful, gripping tannins that ask for cellar time. Wine Enthusiast rated this Taurasi 91; the Vivino crowd marks 2021 as the wine's standout recent year.
A warmer Irpinia growing season giving rounder, slightly more approachable fruit than 2019, while keeping the firm Aglianico spine. Robert Parker and James Suckling both rated this Taurasi 92.
A balanced, classically structured Irpinia year for Aglianico, with ripe sour cherry fruit framing firm tannins. James Suckling rated this Taurasi 93 and Decanter 92; a vintage built for a decade-plus in the cellar.
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.
What sits behind the price of a flagship Taurasi DOCG: hand-harvested Irpinia Aglianico, 18 months in French oak barriques, and the long ageing the appellation demands.
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.
Taurasi is in the DOCG tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Taurasi falls within Campania , covering Campania.
Feudi di San Gregorio hand-picks Aglianico from the steep Irpinia hills around Sorbo Serpico, where the mountain slopes raise growing and labour costs well above flatland fruit.
The producer holds the wine around 18 months in medium-toast French oak barriques, then 9 months in bottle before release; the barrels and the locked-up cellar time both add cost to every bottle.
Taurasi is one of southern Italy's few DOCG reds, and its disciplinare mandates extended ageing before release, so producers carry the wine for years before any return.
Feudi di San Gregorio led the Irpinia revival and is the reference name for Taurasi; critic scores like James Suckling 93 and Decanter 92 on the 2019 keep demand and price firm.
As a large, well-distributed estate, Feudi can place its classic Taurasi at around £23 to £46 in the UK, below the single-vineyard Taurasi Riserva tier and much of the appellation.
At 13.5% ABV the wine carries the £2.67 still-wine duty rate, and 20% VAT applies on top; on a £23 bottle that is roughly £6.50 before the retailer's own margin.
Dishes that complement this wine
The firm tannin and bright acidity of Feudi's Taurasi steer it toward red-meat roasts, braises and aged cheese. Each pairing below explains the structural reason it works.
Taurasi's firm Aglianico tannin needs the protein and fat of roasted and braised red meat to soften and round out. The producer's own pairing note points straight at large red-meat roasts and dishes braised in Aglianico. Fat coats the palate and the tannin scrubs it clean.
Try with: Brasato al Barolo · Ossobuco alla Milanese · Spezzatino di pecora · Porchetta · More pairings →
The bright acidity that balances this Taurasi mirrors the acidity of a long-cooked tomato ragu, so neither tastes flat. The sour-cherry fruit echoes the sweetness tomato develops on slow cooking. Aglianico's grip then handles the richness of layered, baked pasta.
Try with: Agnello Ragu Lucano · Lasagna · Cavatelli con Peperoni Cruschi · More pairings →
Tannin and acidity together cut through the salty, fatty density of aged Campanian and Sardinian hard cheese. The wine's leather and dried-cherry depth sits alongside the savoury, crystalline character that long-aged cheese develops. A regional match from Aglianico country.
Try with: Caciocavallo farcito · Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · More pairings →
The producer flags noble poultry alongside red meat, and the wine's medium-full body matches that weight without flattening it. The 18 months in French oak give a sweet-tobacco frame that suits charred, roasted skin and dark meat. Acidity keeps the pairing lively.
Try with: Fiorentina steak · Porchetta · Spezzatino di pecora · More pairings →
Cinnamon, nutmeg and the oaky-vanilla notes Vivino drinkers flag bridge to grilled, smoke-kissed meat and warm-spiced southern braises. The aromatic persistence the producer describes carries through the dish rather than being buried by it. The fruit stays fresh against the char.
Try with: Fiorentina steak · Agnello Ragu Lucano · Ossobuco alla Milanese · More pairings →
Firm Aglianico tannin and barrique oak overwhelm delicate white fish and crush light leafy plates, while chilli heat amplifies the tannin and alcohol into bitterness. This is a structured, cellar-minded red, not a partner for spice-forward or fragile dishes. Pour an Italian white instead.
Skip with: steamed sea bass · sushi · green papaya salad · vindaloo · oysters · Pairing guide →
A DOCG Aglianico with the tannin and oak to age a decade or more. The 2019, rated 93 by James Suckling, rewards keeping into the mid-2030s.
Peak around 2032. Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
DOCG Taurasi with 18 months in French oak barriques plus 9 months in bottle and firm Aglianico structure; critic notes and the firm close support a decade-plus in the cellar.
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Confidence · HighDrawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino and Wine-Searcher, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.
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 · MediumIt is made from 100% Aglianico, the native red grape of Campania's Irpinia hills. Feudi di San Gregorio grows it on the volcanic and clay soils around Sorbo Serpico in the province of Avellino, the heart of the Taurasi DOCG.
Taurasi earns the Barolo of the South tag because Aglianico, like Nebbiolo, gives a high-acid, firmly tannic red that ages for decades. Feudi di San Gregorio's bottling shows that structure clearly, with firm tannins under sour-cherry fruit that needs cellar time to soften.
The wine spends around 18 months in medium-toast French oak barriques, then a further 9 months in bottle before release. That oak gives the sweet tobacco and vanilla notes drinkers note most, while the bottle time settles the tannins.
Pair it with red-meat roasts and slow braises, which the producer recommends directly, plus tomato-rich southern ragu and aged hard cheese. The firm tannin and bright acidity cut through fat and stand up to rich, savoury dishes.
A typical vintage drinks well from about three years after harvest and holds for a decade or more in the cellar. The 2019, rated 93 by James Suckling and 92 by Decanter, is built to reward keeping into the mid-2030s.
Recent UK listings for the 2019 to 2021 vintages run from roughly £23 to £46 a bottle. That is a strong price for a flagship-producer Taurasi DOCG, which often sits higher across the appellation.
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