📍 Campania

Campania is a region in the south of Italy around Naples and a wine region with an IGT indication of the same name, IGT Campania. According to the official list of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture (March 2026), which matches the EU eAmbrosia register, it has 19 designations of origin — 4 DOCG and 15 DOC. Another 10 wines hold IGT status.

Three of the four DOCGs lie in the province of Avellino. Taurasi is a red wine made from at least 85% Aglianico. It is aged for at least three years, one of them in wooden barrels, and the riserva for four years, 18 months of them in wood. The whites Fiano di Avellino and Greco di Tufo contain at least 85% Fiano and Greco respectively. Taurasi became a DOCG in 1993, and both whites in 2003.

The fourth DOCG is Aglianico del Taburno in the province of Benevento, also made from at least 85% Aglianico. The region's DOCs include Falanghina del Sannio, Vesuvio, Campi Flegrei, Ischia, Capri, Costa d'Amalfi and Falerno del Massico.

Aglianico links Campania with neighbouring Basilicata, which has its own DOCG from this grape — Aglianico del Vulture Superiore.

Why it matters to you. A grape name in the designation, such as Fiano, Greco or Aglianico, means that variety is the backbone of the wine. The riserva label on Taurasi guarantees longer ageing: four years instead of three. Every DOCG bottle carries a state control strip with a series and number. Reds are served at 15–18 °C, and whites at 4–10 °C.