A Ravishing Wine Tasting: The 2017 RADICI TAURASI by the Mastroberardino Winery of Campania, Italy

The Radici Taurasi is a consistently high quality, complex and elegant red wine made from the native Aglianico grape variety (Vitis Hellenica). Join Vinmaps Founder and wine lover, Suzi Perez, as she tastes through and shares her impressions of this iconic wine from the famed and highly regarded Mastroberardino Family. During the video, Suzi explores the alluring and fascinating world of southern Italy’s Mastroberardino Winery and the historically and viticulturally rich Irpinia sub-region of Southern Italy’s Campania where the family settled, over two centuries ago. Suzi delves into the history, geography, and viticulture of this winemaking region as well as one of the most important grape growers and wine producers here. The Mastroberardino family originally settled in the ancient town of Atripalda. Beginning with Antonio Mastroberardino, the family has been fierce protectors and preservers of ancient, native grape varieties such as Aglianico, Greco, Fiano, and others. The grapes for the Radici Taurasi are sourced from vineyards within the well-known and respected Taurasi DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita) within the Irpinia Sub-Region. Also within this viticulturally rich area are the well-known Greco di Tufo DOCG and Fiano di Avellino DOCG. Vineyard sources: Montemarano has southeast exposure and clayey soils and the Mirabella Eclano Vineyards have southwest exposure and well-drained sandy loam soils. With the famous Mount Vesuvius within view, the geography of the area is irregular and varied with many vineyards sited at higher elevations. Pour yourself a glass of your favorite Italian wine and Join Suzi to learn more about this captivating Italian wine region and the Ravishing Radici Taurasi! Today’s wine tasting includes: 2017 Radici Taurasi Variety: Aglianico Vineyard Sources: Montemarano and Mirabella Eclano Taurasi DOCG ABV: 13.5% Vinmaps was not sponsored to share this wine. =========================================================== We hope you’ll enjoy the video friends, and we thank you for watching! Salute! :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Wine region maps created by Vinmaps are also included in this video in order to provide reference for Italy and the Campania Region. You may find our wine region maps here: https://vinmaps.com =================================== Suzi is doing tastings in this video using Karen MacNeil’s Flavor First™ Wine Glasses – Variety Set of 6. We are not sponsored to share the following link: https://www.karenmacneil.com/product/... :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Feel free to connect with us here: Website: https://vinmaps.com YouTube:    / vinmaps   Instagram:   / vinmaps   Facebook:   / vinmaps