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Jumara Irpinia Aglianico Campi Taurasini

Description
A red wine with a particular structure and identity. Obtained from the vinification of selected grapes from the Aglianico Taurasi vinestock cultivated with care and passion in our vineyards. The maturation in oak barriques exalts its taste and enriches its bouquet.

Tasting guide
Colour
Ruby-red tending towards garnet, lively.

Fragrance
Intense, persistent, with an unmistakable taste of sour black cherries, elegantly blended with woody sensations.

Flavour
Full, harmonic, with a strong structure, broad and agreeably tannic.

Food matches & suggestions
Jumara is a 100% Aglianico in an elegant and refined version that is not expressed with vehemence and strength but that it's able to conquer thanks to pleasing and complexity where the ripe fruit blend merges with spices in a balance outstanding. Particularly suitable for dishes with fragrant flavors and good intensity, as spicy soups and pasta dishes. Excellent with red meats and ripe cheeses.

Our recipe
Roast lamb flavored with sage
Ingredients for 4 peoples :
1 haunch of lamb, 1 branch of sage, aglianico wine, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, salt e pepper.
Directions :
Pickle haunch of lamb in aglianico wine, then put it in a pan with chopped garlic, salt and sage. Bake at 200° C (392° F) for 45 - 50 minutes. During cooking, pour the wine used before to pickle the haunch and season with salt and pepper.

From field to bottle
Place of production
Hilly sunny lands dominating the valley of the river Calore (the “Jumara”) in Irpinia. Cayish-calcareous soil.

Grapevines
Aglianico Taurasi in purity. Guyot cultivation and rammed chain. First harvest with yields of 90 ql. per hectare in wine of 70%.

Vinification
End of October hand picked grapes; after picking the grapes off the stalks the must ferments on the skins for about 7 - 10 days in controlled temperature.

Ripening
From 6 to 8 months in barriques; refining in bottle for at least 3 months.