Elena Fucci 'Verha Rosso' Aglianico, Basilicata, Campania, Italy 2024Elena Fucci built her reputation on Titolo, the single vineyard Aglianico del Vulture that put her family's Barile estate on the map vines her grandfather planted in the 1960s at the foot of the extinct Monte Vulture volcano. Verha, launched in 2022, is a different kind of project: rather than expanding her own vineyard holdings, Elena began purchasing fruit from neighboring smallholders in Barile whose grapes had traditionally been sold off to

FOOD PAIRINGS: Smoked brisket

sun-ripened tomato and pepper sauce in this bold

VINIFICATION: Hand-harvested

one of our talented spirits producers who specialize in vermouth

It is silky and enveloping

extractives of turmeric

The palate is silky and precise

crisp stone fruit

94 – Wine Advocate

energetic bubbles keep it lively

then packed in olive oil

Tasting Notes: Light