Mastroberardino Radici Taurasi Riserva DOCG

Taurasi, Italy

Italy's most celebrated Aglianico and southern Italy's finest red wine — from the volcanic clay and limestone Irpinia hills at 500m elevation, aged 4 years before release (minimum 2 in large oak). Dark cherry, tar, iron mineral, dried violet, cedar, dark chocolate, and the extraordinary tannic structure that rewards 15-20 years of patience. At peak, one of Italy's 5 greatest wines. The 'Barolo of the South' at its most compelling.

Pairing intelligence

• main: Naples's most ancient pasta sauce (6+ hours of onion-beef braise) and Campania's greatest red — Taurasi's iron tannin and dark cherry is perfectly matched by the genovese's incredible depth; the wine's structure supports the sauce's extraordinary richness
• main: Campanian lamb and Campanian Aglianico — the wine's iron tannins and dark fruit bridges the roast lamb's richness; olives' bitterness mirrors the wine's mineral depth; Irpinia herbs bridge the wine's herbal complexity