Pinhook takes its name and its horse-racing imagery from Kentucky's other great obsession
Tuesday night pasta people—this one’s for you
this 2023 rewards patience—a wine meant to reveal itself across the table
and serious aging potential
and even at this level the wine is spontaneously fermented
Elena Fucci, Aglianico del Vulture "Titolo", 2022 ReductionsMarch2025 Pinhook takes its name andThe greatest wines aren't always the most obvious, and Elena Fucci's 'Titolo' is proof. From an extinct volcano in Basilicata, one of southern Italy's least expected corners, Fucci built her name on this one flagship wine, pouring everything into it. The fruit comes from old Aglianico vines, many planted in the 1950s, rooted in dark volcanic soils high on Monte Vulture near Barile. This is Aglianico as reference point: structured yet soulful, with the