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Ariavecchia Greco di Tufo
Tufo, Avellino, Campania, Italy
Mineral aroma, floral, not much fruit. Lemon blossom. Crisp, good acid, lengthy finish. Admirable texture.
Mineral aroma, floral, not much fruit. Lemon blossom. Crisp, good acid, lengthy finish. Admirable texture.
May 28th, 2023
Awesome nose of apricot, grass, wet field, spice, and superb minerality. Palate is such and so elegant with terrific apricot fruit and extract. Really, fresh, precise and focused. A rainwater like finish. Gorgeous purity. Needs air to express itself as the finish while long is attenuated.
Awesome nose of apricot, grass, wet field, spice, and superb minerality. Palate is such and so elegant with terrific apricot fruit and extract. Really, fresh, precise and focused. A rainwater like finish. Gorgeous purity. Needs air to express itself as the finish while long is attenuated.
Feb 25th, 2023Very good showing but not the best for me. 13/07 are hard to beat but with age these seem to defy it all so we will see in time.
Very good showing but not the best for me. 13/07 are hard to beat but with age these seem to defy it all so we will see in time.
Jan 26th, 2023Nose is intensely mineral. Floral as well and apricot skins. Really unique and beautiful. Palate is extraordinary. Concentrated, deep and very complex with just amazing structure and depth. Greco di Tufo Grand Cru here. The finish has substance and length. Really stays with you. What power and material here. Just an incredible wine. The score may go up.
Nose now has dried fruit. Apricot. Peach. Crystalline in its purity. This has aspects of Savoie whites, N Rhone whites and white Burgundy. It’s so unique.
Nose is intensely mineral. Floral as well and apricot skins. Really unique and beautiful. Palate is extraordinary. Concentrated, deep and very complex with just amazing structure and depth. Greco di Tufo Grand Cru here. The finish has substance and length. Really stays with you. What power and material here. Just an incredible wine. The score may go up.
Nose now has dried fruit. Apricot. Peach. Crystalline in its purity. This has aspects of Savoie whites, N Rhone whites and white Burgundy. It’s so unique.
Sick nose. Floral. Amazing apricot. Insane Greco minerality. Sick perfumed aroma. Smells so insane. Palate is elegant, mineral, beautiful apricot fruit. Amazingly elegant and flatly defined fruit. Concentrated.
Sick nose. Floral. Amazing apricot. Insane Greco minerality. Sick perfumed aroma. Smells so insane. Palate is elegant, mineral, beautiful apricot fruit. Amazingly elegant and flatly defined fruit. Concentrated.
Feb 7th, 2020This is the “Ariavechia” cuvee. It’s 100% Greco di Tufo DOCG. 11 year old Greco. Ok. What a nose. Super freakishly mineral. Clean, saline, sea breeze. Stunning. Nutty, earthy and mineral are the top aromas. So fragrant. But still smells like it can age longer. So juicy, dry, structure and balanced. This is super serious and needs 3-4 more years. Amazing density and fruit on the palate but a firm mineral backbone and structure to burn. What a finish. This is epic.
This is the “Ariavechia” cuvee. It’s 100% Greco di Tufo DOCG. 11 year old Greco. Ok. What a nose. Super freakishly mineral. Clean, saline, sea breeze. Stunning. Nutty, earthy and mineral are the top aromas. So fragrant. But still smells like it can age longer. So juicy, dry, structure and balanced. This is super serious and needs 3-4 more years. Amazing density and fruit on the palate but a firm mineral backbone and structure to burn. What a finish. This is epic.
Dec 27th, 2018
Very mineral & tightly wound; searing acid refracted through stone. Lemon & florals. Still very enjoyable at this stage but will divulge more as it unfurls. Great stuff.
Very mineral & tightly wound; searing acid refracted through stone. Lemon & florals. Still very enjoyable at this stage but will divulge more as it unfurls. Great stuff.
1 person found it helpfulAug 4th, 2022Fresh cut hay, apricot, green plum, honey, a hint of lily, crisp with a sweet lactic body and a really savory complex finish. Mineral. Wonderful complexity and length for a crisp white wine.
Fresh cut hay, apricot, green plum, honey, a hint of lily, crisp with a sweet lactic body and a really savory complex finish. Mineral. Wonderful complexity and length for a crisp white wine.
1 person found it helpfulJun 29th, 2022
The length on this! @Lyle Fass you genius
The length on this! @Lyle Fass you genius
Oct 31st, 2024
Nose: melon, white flowers. Lovely.
Palate: elegantly rich. Kiss of honey. Fine minerals.
Fass selections.
Nose: melon, white flowers. Lovely.
Palate: elegantly rich. Kiss of honey. Fine minerals.
Fass selections.