•Name- Amrhein Aglianico
•Variety- Aglianico
•Region- Virginia
•Country- United States
•Year- Not on bottle
•Price- $24.95
•Shop/wine critic/winery review- A thick-skinned red grape grown by the ancient Greeks and brought to Italy over 2,000 years ago. This robust wine, now predominantly grown in Italy, displays berry and tobacco flavors with subtle plum undertones wrapped around a light French Oak structures.
Upon pouring of this wine, it became quite evident of how great of a nose this wine would have. The wine itself was very dark in color, a dark red with maybe a hint of purple or pink mixed in. After giving it a swirl, the nose became very evident, the tobacco smell was very powerful, and quite delicious in my opinion. It smelled of a fresh rolled cigar, or even a cigar lounge where one had been recently smoked. There were hints of leather, and maybe a small hint of black currant, but overall a beautiful nose. Once I took a sip, the mouthfeel and taste did not let me down following such a great nose. The taste was heavy in tobacco flavor, along with some sort of berries in the taste. Overall this was a splendid wine, and I was very happy to have an opportunity to taste it.
I did not have food with this wine.
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