Salvatore Molettieri Taurasi Vigna Cinque Querce 2015 750ml (750ml)

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Producer	Salvatore Molettieri
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Varietal	Aglianico
Vintage	2015
Sku	RD12516
Size	750ml

 

The 2015 Salvatore Molettieri Taurasi Vigna Cinque Querce is a profound and uncompromising expression of single-vineyard Aglianico, sourced from old vines in the estate’s most revered parcel. The Cinque Querce vineyard, with its cool altitude and clay-rich soils, produces fruit of exceptional structure and aromatic complexity. The 2015 vintage, marked by warmth and optimal harvest conditions, yielded wines of both generosity and underlying tension—a balance that suits Molettieri’s powerful, long-aging style. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel with extended maceration, followed by aging for 36–48 months in large oak casks and older French barriques, then several years in bottle before release. In the glass, the wine is deep ruby with garnet highlights, offering an intense bouquet of black cherry, dried plum, leather, roasted herbs, tobacco, iron, and wild fennel, with notes of licorice and volcanic earth emerging with air. The palate is full-bodied, firm, and unap

Salvatore Molettieri is one of the great traditionalists of Irpinia, based in Montemarano, a high-altitude subzone of the Taurasi DOCG known for producing the most powerful and long-lived expressions of Aglianico. The estate was founded in the 1980s when Salvatore decided to begin bottling his own wines rather than selling fruit to cooperatives. From the outset, his philosophy has remained rooted in low-yield farming, old vines, extended aging, and deep respect for tradition. His vineyards—particularly the flagship Cinque Querce site—lie at elevations of 500–600 meters, on clay-limestone soils with significant diurnal temperature swings, producing grapes of structure, complexity, and slow, even ripening. The Molettieri family manages every aspect of production, farming organically and harvesting by hand. In the cellar, Salvatore remains firmly committed to classical winemaking: long macerations, aging in large Slavonian oak casks and older barriques, and delayed release s