Elena Fucci Titolo Aglianico del Vulture 2021

Hand-harvested, starting the 3rd week of October.

The grapes are delicately destemmed, then selected based on phenological maturity, and sent to steel tanks for alcoholic fermentation, which lasts an average of 15-16 days. Maceration on the skins lasts the same amount of time, and once fermentation is complete, the wine is drawn off and placed in wood for malolactic fermentation and aging.

Aged for 12 months in oak - split between 200-liter barriques and 500-liter tonneaux of varying toast levels—with 50% new wood and 50% second-passage barrels previously used for Elena’s wines.

The Fucci family has lived on their estate in Basilicata since 1960, when Elena Fucci’s grandfather purchased six hectares of vineyards at the highest point of Contrada Solagna in Titolo, at the foot of Mount Vulture, an extinct volcano. In 2000, as the family prepared to sell the property, Elena made the decisive choice to preserve the land, transforming a former bulk-wine estate into an award-winning, terroir-driven winery. A bold and energetic visionary, she devotes herself exclusively to Aglianico, the “King of the South,” farming Mount Vulture’s oldest vines—some over 70 years old—on dark, mineral-rich volcanic soils. This singular terroir, paired with Elena’s uncompromising leadership, yields wines of striking depth, character, and authenticity.