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Besilicata Wines

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Having just got back from the Besilicata region of Italy for 2 weeks (nothing in the North, just Puglia, Besilicata, Calabria) ...
I have a new favorite wine: the Aglianico del Vulture, and nearly anything from it. Red wine, with a depth, strength and character that makes me thing we've found the "right" red wine for us.
I have a set of pictures of the bottles we drank - of note was the "Paternoster" and "Manfredi" but of the 1-2 bottles we had from different wineries every day, we didn't find a bad bottle. The worst one, simply was a little too tight, and needed about a decade to unwind some. Most were simply marvelous. The most surprsing was a roasside stand with some crown capped "local stuff" we drank and used to cook some local sausage with sauce & pasta. Magical stuff (though this wasn't complex in the least).
They look like they are a little hard to get here in the US ... so I am looking. Anyone discovered these little gems?

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Edits: 07/21/14

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Location, location, location. - jimbill 19:52:36 07/21/14 (1)
Nothing adds to a wine like a beautiful view while on vacation.
- Local wine store has one - jimbill 20:13:37 07/21/14 (0)
  Bisceglia Vulture 2009, $14. I'll try to pick up a bottle and let you know how I like it. Sounds interesting.
RE: Besilicata Wines - Inmate51 11:00:24 07/21/14 (2)
"The most surprsing was a roasside stand"

Maybe you've had almost enough. ;)

Roadside stands are often good, especially off the beaten path.

The best french fries I've ever had were at a little roadside stand in Auxerre, France.

I bought a nice red wine in Dolceaqua, Italy, at Cantina di Dolceaqua, where the owner took us on a tour of the vineyard and processing/storage/fermenting areas.

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- RE: Besilicata Wines - mkuller 15:34:48 07/21/14 (1)
  ...30 years ago we spent part of our honeymoon on the cote d' azur in France near the Italian border (Villefranche sur mer where my brother-in-law lived).
  
  We would go to the local market and fill a bottle from a barrel with a spigot of red table wine there.
  
  It was very cheap and always very good.
  
  Local table wine in France or Italy usually beats most inexpensive wine here for some reason.
  - RE: Besilicata Wines - Bromo33333 12:36:15 10/07/14 (0)
    I think part of it has to do with the cuisine and wines evolved together in those areas.
    
    I have acquired 3-4 bottled of the wine at this point, and and happily looking forward ot the right occasion!
    
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