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Tenute Capaldo - Gulielmus Taurasi Riserva2018

RED WINE

PUBLIC
December 2025
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Tenute Capaldo - Gulielmus Taurasi Riserva label
  • Producer Tenute Capaldo
  • Blend 100% Aglianico
  • Country Italy
  • UPC 0 15643 75536 1

Reviews

James Suckling 96

The aromas are fantastic, with black truffles, ash, wet earth, basalt and black pepper. Medium-bodied with firm and intense fruit that goes on for minutes. An excellent and complex single-vineyard aglianico. Drinkable now, but better in two or three years.

by JS, James Suckling , 2024

Wine Advocate 94

This is a delicious wine that reveals a luscious and rich consistency. The Tenute Capaldo 2018 Taurasi Riserva Gulielmus stands apart in a crowd thanks to the generous and seamless nature of its texture. There are no harsh edges here, and the wine is redolent of black fruit, plum and sweet spice. The tannins are integrated and velvety in this wine, which sees anywhere from 18 to 24 months in barrique. This is a 6,000-bottle release.

by ML, Wine Advocate , 2023

Wine Enthusiast 96

The nose billows with the savory smokiness of black pepper, chili pepper, hot tar and cumin, while a pop of Mission figs and black plums adds energy. Berries, cherries and more plums lead the way on the palate, before dusty tannins reinvigorate a peppery, metallic earthiness. A serious wine that's also an absolute pleasure to drink.

by DC, Wine Enthusiast , 2025

Wine Spectator 94

A fresh, savory red, with milled pepper and cured tobacco notes on the nose and palate lacing flavors of baked cherry, pomegranate puree, iron, espresso and licorice root. Shows good length and integration, with a powerful frame of refined tannins providing limber muscle and firming the finish.

by AN, Wine Spectator , 2025

Technical Details

Estate

Tenute Capaldo is a boutique estate who produces only two single-vineyard wines: Goleto and Gulielmus. They are effectively the reference points for Campanian Greco di Tufo and Campanian Taurasi (Aglianico). This is a passion project of Antonio Capaldo, the owner of Feudi di San Gregorio, one of the largest and most respected wineries in Southern Italy. Tenute Capaldo is separate from Feudi, and designed to show off the unique, diverse terroir of the Irpinia region in the central part of Campania. These are very small production wines that showcase the beauty and potential of Southern Italy.

Vinification

Winemaker notes: Gulielmus comes from a 5 acre vineyard in Taurasi, in the Sala district, where the soil is clay and the traditional guyot trellised vines have been planted, starting from 1992, with buds harvested from the old pre-phylloxera vineyards. The harvest is done by hand between mid-October and early November. After fermentation in steel, the wine ages for 18-24 months in barriques and again in the bottle for over two years prior to release.