Negroamaro
You think that the imagination lingers longer on a mistress, until you encounter a labyrinth of smells, a wine as old as the stoup touched with fingertips and the psalms dear to the baroque stone angels. An oenological psalm called Negroamaro. This vine is the altar, the black-black soul of Salento, a peninsula of water that in its name intertwines the Latin, niger, and Greek, mavros, declination of a bitter nature.
Negroamaro, Niuru Maru for peasants, in the last century was used only to cut wines from the North and was considered a bridge between the Tacco and the rest of Italy, when these latitudes were a still unexplored border and considered in some ways exotic. The history of Negroamaro, today produced in purity, has thus become everyone's history, liquid atlas and widespread identity.
Clusters with late ripening sweet pulp, characterized by a precious versatility, express one of the most important denominations of Puglia, the Salice Salentino. This wine is certainly one of the synonyms of the frontier land sung by poets and of which we sign three variations on the theme: Negroamaro Rosato, Negroamaro Rosso and Salice Salentino Riserva.
CLASSIFICATION IGP Puglia
GRAPES Negroamaro
FARM Espalier pruned with spurred cordon
TIME OF HARVEST Mid September
MACERATION For 5-7 days
FERMENTATION In steel at 22-24 ° C
REFINING In steel tank
AGING Drink immediately or keep for 2-3 years.
Tasting Notes
COLOR : Intense ruby color with soft and fleeting purple reflections.
NOSE : The nose is composed of red fruits and a delicate herbaceous barely perceptible, which mixes with an ethereal beginning. The sour cherry, red plum, bay leaf and, late, black pepper are clearly identifiable.
PALATE : The taste is characterized by a good gustatory balance between softness and alcohol, contrasted with minerality and freshness. The gustative persistence is elaborated, initially soft, with a delicate incisive aftertaste, typical of the grape.