Luigi Maffini

Luigi Maffini "Kleos" Aglianico 2020

Size 750mL

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Kleos is an unusually fresh Aglianico. Where one might expect extensive barrel aging or echoes of volcanic heritage, this is easy, supple, and full of berries and chalk. Pressed lightly to minimize its abundant tannins, it sees just 18 months in used oak. Adding to this careful treatment is the grape itself. Luigi works with a unique local clone of Aglianico sourced from old vineyards in Castellabate. This makes his Agnlianico especially well-adapted to the microclimate of his vineyard site.

About Luigi Maffini

Luigi Maffini's vineyards are on the coast of Campania, south of Naples, across the bay from Positano, and planted with the local grapes, Fiano for the whites and Aglianico for the reds. While the family's first vines were planted in the seventies, the real beginning of this winery dates from 1996. Luigi and his wife Raffaella are both graduates of Naples university in agricultural sciences. Luigi specialised in viticulture and winemaking. Ten years elapsed between our first tasting of his wines and getting Luigi 'on board', but he has now been with L&S since 2009. Raffaella and Luigi run the vineyards organically, and share the land with their two children and three dogs, as well as hares, foxes, hedgehogs, hawks and wild boar, with which they are happy to live in peace. There are now two vineyard sites, at Castellabate and Giungano, so some of the wines are DOC Cilento and some DOC Paestum.