Wine region
Taurasi
Taurasi is a wine region in Italy, home to 49 wineries, known for Aglianico.
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Characteristic grapes
Taurasi is best known for Aglianico.
Wine profile
87 distinct Taurasi wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
Representative Taurasi wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Aminea — Baiardo
- Antico Castello — Taurasi
- Antico Castello — Taurasi
- Azienda Agricola Fiorentino — Taurasi
- Azienda Vinicola Struzziero — Villafosca
- Bellaria — Taurasi
- Benito Ferrara — Vigna Quattro Confini
- Boccella — Sant'Eustachio
Italy wine designations
- DOC
- DOC is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status.
- DOCG
- DOCG is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status.
- IGP
- IGP denotes the EU protected geographical indication scheme for food and wine, linking a product’s quality, reputation or other characteristic to geographical origin.
- IGT
- IGT is the Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected geographical indication (IGP) status.
- PDO
- PDO is the European Union protected designation of origin category.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
FAQs
- Where is Taurasi?
- Taurasi and Taurasi riserva are red, still Italian wines based principally on the Aglianico grape variety produced in the province of Avellino in the Campania region.
- Which grapes are associated with Taurasi?
- Taurasi is represented in the WhatDrink region dataset by Aglianico. Grape coverage reflects the products currently linked to the region and is not a complete legal planting register.
- What do the designation terms on Taurasi wines mean?
- DOCG: DOCG is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Taurasi?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Taurasi wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Taurasi?
- The current regional catalogue contains 87 linked wines from 49 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.