Managed to put together a decent last-minute V-Day dinner at home. Menu was wedge salad, linguini puttanesca, crown roast of beef, and canonigo. We had a most excellent wine to go with all that. Mastroberardino Naturalis Historia Taurasi 2009. Named after Pliny the Elder's Natural History, this is a 100% Aglianico from the Mirabella Eclano vineyard.
Very dark, opaque violet, with just the slightest hint of brown at the edge. On the nose, ripe plum, blackberry, black pepper, some cocoa powder and a touch of earthiness. Primarily juicy ripe fruit on the palate. Plum, cherry, dried herbs. Real smooth, then a tannic wall at the back end. Could probably use a bit more time to resolve the tannins, but it is very attractive now as the fruit is so alluring. Good length on this. Excellent and quite delicious!