Our Tasting Note: The pronounced nose here on the Puro Sangue shows primary dark red to black fruits of black cherry, plum, blackberry, with a definitively smoky tone to the nose, savory, smoked roast beef, iron, blood, with tar, wood smoke, and tobacco (I told you this was a beast, but a chiseled one).  The palate is full bodied, med+ acidity, med+ to high youthful grain tannins, the flavor intensity is dimensional, layered.  The finish is long, tannic and structured, with a smoky echo on the close...this is NOT for the faint of heart.  Drink now with 2-3 or MORE hours decanted.  Otherwise put it in the cellar and forget about it for 5 more years, at the least!

Grape: 100% Aglianico
Place: Paternopoli Cru and Castelfranci subzones of Taurasi
Farming: practicing organic
Vineyard: 25 year-old vines, cordone speronato, planted at 1,800 ft ASL in sandy and clay limestone soils, enriched by pyroclastics (pumice from Vesuvius’s ancient volcanic eruptions)
Harvest Dates: between the end of October and beginning of November
Winemaking: Fermentation takes place in open chestnut tini for 40 days.
Aging: Élevage for 12 months in large 500 Liter puncheons, then 24 months in large wooden botti grandi (50HL). Finally, a minimum of 24 months in bottle before release.
ABV: 14%

Puro Sangue is always a bit more put together than the wild child Polifemo. Since the 2018 vintage, Luigi has decided to do away with the Taurasi DOCG and use the moniker R (Riserva) and 20 (2020); it's unlikely he'll return to use the Taurasi DOCG. - Importer