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VINTAGE TERROIR, THEN SOIL, AND THEN GRAPE VARIETY Luigi Tecce and his Aglianico vineyards from South-High Valley Taurasi. It’s one of high-altitude growing areas, having a soil that’s layered with sand, limestone and Vesuvius’ pumice; it’s also the dwelling of Luigi’s 80+ year old vine-trees. There’s no enologist and no agronomist, Luigi works in relative solitude. Maybe that’s why there’s such an affinity between him and the wines: exuberant and guarded, archaic and immediate, literary and literal; there’s something theatrical in their pleasure. Luigi Tecce | Portovino