Wine Reviews

The Villa Matilde Avallone 2020 Taurasi Tenuta Pietrafusa is a dark and brooding red wine layered with hot-vintage intensity and blackberry fruit preserves. This is a full-bodied expression with dusty tannins. The bold fruit profile of this wine suggests a pairing with grilled meat.

An earthy, wet nose of dewy leaves and soil after a storm gets some sparkle from undertones of plum and cherry. The cool, astringent palate continues balancing the dirt and cherry elements, while streamlined acid glides past slick yet tough tannins

The 2019 Taurasi Pietrafusa is darkly inviting, mixing plum sauce with sage, underbrush and hints of cocoa. It’s silky-smooth yet with an abundance of energy, as zesty acidity and tart wild berry fruits mingle over a salty core of minerality. The 2019 finishes long, potent and tannic while maintaining a lovely inner freshness, the perfect mix for a long and steady evolution.

Plums, sweet spices and walnuts on the nose of this full-bodied red. It’s compact and sturdy, with firm tannins supporting the ripe fruit. Drink or hold.

Ripe, sweet cherries, dried cranberries, cinnamon and Christmas spices. Medium-bodied and supple on the palate with smooth tannins and juicy, ripe berries. A lighter expression of Taurasi. A little more depth would take this to the next level. Drink now.