C p am ania WINERY Nativ TASTING NotES Taurasi is a bold, yet elegant red wine with WINE Taurasi DOCG ‘Rue 333’ intense ruby color and garnet reflections. It opens with a complex bouquet with hints REGION Campania of cherry, fruits of the forest, spicy scents of violet and tobacco and a suggestion of VARIETAL 100% Aglianico minerals. Elegant, smooth, velvety and intense it displays characteristic hints of plums, LOCATION OF Taurasi black cherries, black pepper and tar. It is full VINEYARDS bodied and austere on the palate yet with balanced tannins and acidity. It is an excellent ALTITUDE 450 meters above sea level accompaniment for roasted or grilled red meat, game, spicy dishes, and mature cheeses. TYPE OF PLANTING Traditional It will continue to age and develop for more than a decade. SOIL Hillside, of volcanic origin rich in ash and minerals. ABOUT THE WINERY VINIFICATION Pre-fermentation maceration at low temperature, maceration on the skins for approximately 20 days. Nativ was founded in 2008 by Mario Ercolino, Fermentation with natural yeasts. Malolactic fermentation renowned winemaker for some ot the top is carried out in French oak. estates in Campania and Italy, and his wife Roberta Pirone. The brand name ‘Nativ’ AgING Aged for 14 months in French oak barrels. and their wines aim at the best possible representation of the local wines and varietals ALCOHOL CONTENT 13.5% grown on approx. 15 hectare of estate-owned vinyards located in Irpinia, near Paternopoli TotAL PRODUCTION 15,000 bottles and Taurasi, an area famous for fertile soils of volcanic origin, rich in minerals, calcium OENOLOGIST Mario Ercolino carbonate and ash, the latter caused by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which NOTES Aglianico from Campania is sometimes called ‘the Barolo struck Pompeii in 79 AD. These constituents of the South, not because it tastes like Barolo but are concentrated in the grapes, resulting in because it is ageworthy and regal like Barolo. Brought features of uniqueness and distinctiveness in to the region by the Greeks as far back as 800 BC the wines. (the name comes from the Greek Ellenico), Aglianico The line includes all of the traditional wines thrives on the volcanic soils and altitudes of Irpinia and from the region and cru bottlings that received the Taurasi DOCG zone. near-perfect scores from renowned Italian critic Luca Maroni. www.winenativ.com Montcalm Wine Importers, Ltd 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, 33rd Floor, New York, New York 10007 p: 212 602 7700 f: 212 208 0907 [email protected] www.montcalmwines.com.