Home Wine Portfolio Our Story Locate Our Wines News and Events Contact Praise For Musto Carmelitano New Releases Aug 30, 2021 More praise and serious recommendations for our Italian partners — Musto Carmelitano in Basilicata is highlighted in Wine & Spirits’ top Southern Italian Indigenous Reds for 2021. It goes without saying that Musto Carmelitano is the top name for organic Aglianico in the region, and it’s heartening that the wine press is catching up to what we’ve been saying since the beginning: that the true character of Aglianico — powerful & elegant — is what Musto Carmelitano faithfully delivers. Musto Carmelitano 2015 Aglianico del Vulture Pian del Moro Elisabetta Musto Carmelitano is another face of the new generation coming to the fore in Basilicata. Her family had been growing grapes for four generations, making some wine but primarily selling the fruit. Elisabetta began establishing the family label in 2007 with her brother Luigi, and with the help of their father and uncle. They now farm 17 acres of vines, including the Piano del Moro plot, where vines averaging 80 years of age yielded a densely concentrated and fiercely tannic wine in the 2015 vintage. Initially reticent, the wine opens with several days of exposure to air, revealing rich blackberry fruit layered with notes of crushed herbs, the flavors sculpted by rigid mineral tannins. Hide it in the cellar for a few years to allow that intense concentration and structure to soften. Musto Carmelitano 2016 Aglianico del Vulture Serra del Prete The aglianico vines in Musto Carmelitano’s Serra del Prete plot average 55 years of age, and they produced a wine in the 2016 growing season that is meaty and savory, its blackberry fruit tones edged with mortared herbs and underscored by dark, schisty tannins. Musto Carmelitano 2017 Aglianico del Vulture Maschitano Rosso The 2017 Maschitano opens with a blast of ripe blackberry and raspberry, then takes on notes of dried plum with exposure to air. It feels broader and riper than the 2016 (also recommended), its fruit tones balanced by notes of dried herbs and a pleasant amaro bitterness. ← Valgiano's Palistorti Rosso Is "Fun and Delicious" Murgo Etna Rosso: Top Value Brand of 2021, Wine & Spirits → Recent Posts Murgo Etna Rosso: Top Value Brand of 2021, Wine & Spirits Praise For Musto Carmelitano New Releases Valgiano’s Palistorti Rosso Is “Fun and Delicious” Great Marks For 2019 Barraud at Wine Advocate Dureuil Retrospective: The Glory of Old-Vine ‘Meix Cadot’ Summer Is The Time for Excellent Rosato Decanter’s “Standout” Chianti Classico Producers Our Portfolio French Selections Italian Selections Archives August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 September 2020 June 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 February 2019 January 2019 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 July 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 November 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 Copyright © 2021 North Berkeley Imports | Terms and Conditions