This extraordinary red wine is aged in small valuable oak barrels for about 12 months. Then the wine blending occurs and after a period of rest, the product is bottled and put on the market after an ageing in bottle of about 6 months.
• GRAPES: 100% Negroamaro grape.
These grapes are growed with the traditional planting technique of
Apulian "Alberello" (bush) or " Alberello Pugliese" in the most typical Salentine area
and precisely in the municipalities of Tuglie, Sannicola, Alezio (LE).
• TYPE OF TERRAIN: red soil mixed with sand and of medium blending.
• PERIOD OF GRAPE HARVEST: last weeks of september.
• TYPE OF HARVEST: picking by hand.
• MEDIUM PRODUCTION PER HECTARE: 70 quintals of grape.
• VINIFICATION: Traditional vinification with a continuing maceration, lasting
7,8 days according to the vintage and racking- off with an evident intensity of
colors and scents. The ageing of wine occurs partly (70%) in steel containers
and the remaining part (30%) in valuable oak barrels for about 12 months.
Then the complete wine blending occurs and after a period of rest, the
product is bottled and is put on the market after an ageing in bottle of about
6 months. Bottles of the preceding vintage are always sold.
ORGANOLEPTIC FEATURES:
Color: ruby red with garnet reflections.
Scent: full with odors of berries and plums.
Flavour: dry with a pleasant and a slightly bitter aftertaste that is smooth at the same time. It has a good and a persistent balance.
Our suggestion: this wine may be served at 16°-18°.
GASTRONOMIC PAIRING: it combines well with meat and venison
course, also with hard and aged cheeses.
It is an excellent combination with typical sapid first courses.
The Medium annual production is of 20/25.000 bottles.
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