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Tenute Capaldo - Gulielmus Taurasi Riserva2015

RED WINE

PUBLIC
March 2025
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Tenute Capaldo - Gulielmus Taurasi Riserva label
  • Producer Tenute Capaldo
  • Blend 100% Aglianico
  • Country Italy
  • UPC 0 15643 75536 1

Reviews

Jancis Robinson 17+

Deepest crimson. The aroma is woody rather than oaky - not as sweet-smelling as oak. Leather, earth and sweet spice entwined with black fruits, with a dark, savoury edge, reminds me of coal in a funny way. On the palate, this has the firm, deeply chewy tannins of Aglianico that is not yet ready to be drunk. Earthy and profound with a freshness that is, I think, from both the acidity and the tannins.

by JH, Jancis Robinson , 2021

James Suckling 95

A beautiful, layered Taurasi with crushed-berry, mineral, bark and lava aromas and flavors. Some oyster shell, too. It's full-bodied and savory with walnut, pumice and ash undertones. Special, unique wine here. Drink or hold.

by JS, James Suckling , 2020

Wine Enthusiast 95

Aromas of new leather, ripe plum, aromatic herbs and black-skinned berries emerge from the glass. The savory, elegantly structured palate offers dried black cherry, star anise and tobacco alongside a backbone of fine-grained tannins and vibrant acidity.

by KO, Wine Enthusiast , 2022

Wine Advocate 94

This is the inaugural vintage of a new wine from this new estate owned by Antonio Capaldo of Feudo di San Gregorio. Always at the forefront of research, experimentation and investment, Capaldo's new project is intended to underline the best in Campania wines. His Tenute Capaldo 2015 Taurasi Riserva Gulielmus (packaged in its distinctive wide-shouldered bottle) is soft and yielding in a manner that the Aglianico grape rarely is. The wine is tart and streamlined with plenty of dark cherry, blackberry, spice and sweet tobacco along the way. The wine is just about ready to drink now, so many years after the harvest, but could also stand to age further.

by ML, Wine Advocate , 2021

Technical Details

Estate

Tenute Capaldo is a boutique estate who produces only two single-vineyard wines: Goleto and Gulielmus. They are effectively the reference points for Campanian Greco di Tufo and Campanian Taurasi (Aglianico). This is a passion project of Antonio Capaldo, the owner of Feudi di San Gregorio, one of the largest and most respected wineries in Southern Italy. Tenute Capaldo is separate from Feudi, and designed to show off the unique, diverse terroir of the Irpinia region in the central part of Campania. These are very small production wines that showcase the beauty and potential of Southern Italy.

Vinification

Winemaker notes: Gulielmus comes from a 5 acre vineyard in Taurasi, in the Sala district, where the soil is clay and the traditional guyot trellised vines have been planted, starting from 1992, with buds harvested from the old pre-phylloxera vineyards. The harvest is done by hand between mid-October and early November. After fermentation in steel, the wine ages for 18-24 months in barriques and again in the bottle for over two years prior to release.