Tasting - "Carraia Aglianico"

Name: Carraia
Variety: Aglianico

Region: Campagna

Country: Italy

Year: 2013

Price: $9.95

Winery Notes:
Produced in the Campania region of Italy, this Aglianico has delicious black fruit flavors with hints of licorice, volcanic soil and tar notes. Classic in nature, yet in a lighter, more crowd-pleasing style, the Carraia is made of the ancient Aglianico grape. This black grape originated in Greece and today is widely grown in Basilicata and Campania.

My review:

This wine was brownish red in color, and smelled of plum and black cherry. The wine had a very strong taste reminiscent of a burnt, smokey taste. The wine was very dry and had an aftertaste similar to the aftertaste of cheese. I did not taste this wine with food, and have no desire to taste this wine again (with or without food).