San Martino San Martino Kamai Aglianico del Vulture Superiore 2018 750ml

The 2018 Aglianico del Vulture Superiore Kamai is impossible to ignore. A dramatic bouquet blends exotic citrus and spice tones with dusty rose, smoke and crushed sour cherries. It's soft and enveloping, contrasting savory and sweet, with ripe red and black fruits offset by a core of saline-minerality and tangerine. The Kamai keeps the energy high, finishing impossibly fresh yet structured with a resonance of salted licorice and bitter blackberry pits that lingers or and or. In 2018, the single-vireyard Kamai is back to form. Bravo.<br/><br/>

Macerated raspberry and cherry fruit flavors are juicy and expressive in this well-tailored red. A fragrant overtone of iron, red licorice, paprika, dried lavender and leafy herb notes accent the core of fruit, which is carried by orange peel acidity. Firm tannins offer a fine-grained feel, leaving a plush impression on the lingering finish. Drink now through 2035. (Alison Napjus)