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!["Rupicolo" Rosso Castel del Monte DOC 2018]()
“Rupicolo” Rosso Castel del Monte DOC 2018
A mixture of scents of goudron, liquorice roots, plums and black sour cherries brews over it like wildly romantic storm clouds, while in contrast a fresh and bright taste strives towards its well-proportioned finish. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Varieties: 70% Montepulciano, 30% Nero di Troia
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 5 to 6 months cement tank
- Development: stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 13,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 28,65 g/l
- Total Acidity: 5,30 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 1,80 g/l
- Sulfite: 80,00 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,40
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage Potential: 2023+
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15112718 · 0,75 l · 8,40 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping< 24 units available
!["Canonico" Negroamaro del Salento IGP 2019]()
“Canonico” Negroamaro del Salento IGP 2019
Deep dark red, complex, almost beguiling aroma reminiscent of plump, ripe raspberries and strawberries, in addition finest spice, creamy, chocolaty, very haunting. At the palate a soft texture. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Negroamaro
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 6 months barrique
- Development: partly barrique
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 12,50 % vol
- Total Extract: 40,00 g/l
- Total Acidity: 5,80 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 9,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 100 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,60
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage Potential: 2023
- Food Recommendations: braised meat, poultry
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15042219 · 0,75 l · 8,53 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
!["Santa Caterina" Chardonnay del Salento IGP 2019]()
“Santa Caterina” Chardonnay del Salento IGP 2019
Wonderfully light Chardonnay, fresh and fruity its scent of banana and grapefruit, slightly flowing and extremely delicious the taste. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Chardonnay
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Development: stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 12,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 26,00 g/l
- Total Acidity: 5,50 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 7,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 105 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,45
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage Potential: 2022
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15040219 · 0,75 l · 8,60 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping10 units available
!["Santa Caterina" Chardonnay del Salento IGP 2020]()
“Santa Caterina” Chardonnay del Salento IGP 2020
Wonderfully light Chardonnay, fresh and fruity on the nose of banana and grapefruit, lightly flowing and extremely delicious on the palate. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2019 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Chardonnay
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Development: stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 12,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 26,00 g/l
- Total Acidity: 5,50 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 7,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 105 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,45
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage Potential: 2023
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15040220 · 0,75 l · 8,67 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
!["Rosalita" Rosato del Salento IGP 2020]()
“Rosalita” Rosato del Salento IGP 2020
The freshness and acidity of Salento Rosato are perfectly balanced with the fruity, balsamic notes. Its soft yet dense taste offers a lot for the money. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2019 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: Malvasia Nera, Negroamaro
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Development: stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 12,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 29,68 g/l
- Total Acidity: 6,15 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 6,45 g/l
- Sulfite: 112 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,49
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage Potential: 2022
- Food Recommendations: fish dishes, white meat
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15042420 · 0,75 l · 8,67 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
!["Anarkos" Rosso Puglia IGP 2018]()
“Anarkos” Rosso Puglia IGP 2018
More than 15 years of success story and also one of our bestsellers: A spicy, wonderfully palatable wine with a terrific value is Anarkos. Its strong bouquet is characterised by berry and herbal notes. The taste is earthy and spicy, yet soft and juicy. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Varieties: 60% Negroamaro, 30% Primitivo, 10% Malvasia Nera
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Development: stainless steel tank
- Vegan Clearing: yes
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 13,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 51,10 g/l
- Total Acidity: 8,69 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 13,80 g/l
- Sulfite: 101 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,42
- Closure: plastic cork
- Serving Temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage Potential: 2023
- Food Recommendations: pasta, roast
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15082118 · 0,75 l · 8,93 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
!["Pietraluna" Negroamaro del Salento IGP 2018]()
“Pietraluna” Negroamaro del Salento IGP 2018
Fascinating wine for every day. The bouquet of ripe wild berries with hints of cocoa and notes of oriental spices continues with its density and softness on the palate and in the finish. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Negroamaro
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Vegan Clearing: yes
- Development: stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 13,50 % vol
- Total Extract: 33,85 g/l
- Total Acidity: 5,85 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 3,80 g/l
- Sulfite: 102 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,42
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage Potential: 2023
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15082518 · 0,75 l · 9,20 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
!["Bolonero" Rosso Castel del Monte DOC 2019]()
“Bolonero” Rosso Castel del Monte DOC 2019
Deep ruby, smells of wild berries and black tea. Compact, dense and round on the palate, with well-integrated sweet tannin, fullness, melting and a long fruit finish. Very successful interpretation of a Castel del Monte Rosso. SUPERIORE.DE
"Dark red; dark fruity, cherry; juicy acidity, fresh fruity, cherry sweetness and richness, crisp, juicy and very pleasant." Merum
read more- Grape Variety: Nero Di Troia, Aglianico
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 8 months stainless steel
- Development: stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 13,00 % vol
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage Potential: 2023
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15022119 · 0,75 l · 9,27 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
!["Cantalupi" Chardonnay del Salento IGT 2020]()
“Cantalupi” Chardonnay del Salento IGT 2020
Light greenish yellow, fine fragrance of yellow apple and delicate blossom honey, very inviting. Elegant and balanced on the palate with fresh white fruit, well-integrated acid structure and light mineral nuances. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Chardonnay
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Development: stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 12,50 % vol
- Total Extract: 24,40 g/l
- Total Acidity: 6,00 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 3,40 g/l
- Sulfite: 109 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,33
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage Potential: 2023
- Food Recommendations: pasta with light cream sauce
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15090420 · 0,75 l · 9,27 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
!["Cantalupi" Rosato del Salento IGT 2020]()
“Cantalupi” Rosato del Salento IGT 2020
Strong, bright dark pink. Fresh, fruity, mild and balanced is the Cantalupi Rosé from predominantly Negroamaro. Balanced and harmonious on the palate, well-integrated acidity with balanced fruit. Its light serving residual sweetness makes it rather a more flowery representative of its kind. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2019 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Varieties: 80% Negroamaro, 20% Malvasia Nera
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Development: stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 12,50 % vol
- Total Acidity: 3,65 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 8,60 g/l
- Sulfite: 108 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,65
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage Potential: 2023
- Food Recommendations: antipasti, grilled vegetables
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15093420 · 0,75 l · 9,27 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
!["Cantalupi" Negroamaro del Salento IGT 2019]()
“Cantalupi” Negroamaro del Salento IGT 2019
Rich dark red colour, in the fragrance characteristic fine-spicy berry aromas, ripe plums, balsamic notes and toasted tones beguile. On the palate dense, full-bodied and wonderfully juicy, long cherry-like finish. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Varieties: 85% Negroamaro, 15% Other Grape Varieties
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: wooden barrel
- Development: wooden barrel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 13,50 % vol
- Total Extract: 35,30 g/l
- Total Acidity: 5,00 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 7,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 120 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,68
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage Potential: 2023+
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15092919 · 0,75 l · 9,27 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
!["Preludio N°1" Chardonnay Castel del Monte DOC 2020]()
“Preludio N°1” Chardonnay Castel del Monte DOC 2020
Wonderfully supple Chardonnay with fruit wrapped in floral scents, hints of apricot on the palate. Straightforward, full of substance and with the right amount of acidity on the finish. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2019 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Chardonnay
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 3 to 4 months stainless steel
- Vegan Clearing: yes
- Development: stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 13,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 2,60 g/l
- Total Acidity: 5,60 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 2,60 g/l
- Sulfite: 85 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,35
- Closure: Diam
- Serving Temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage Potential: 2023
- Food Recommendations: aperitif, fish dishes, seafood
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15110220 · 0,75 l · 9,73 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
!["Terre al Monte" Sauvignon Bianco Castel del Monte DOC 2020]()
“Terre al Monte” Sauvignon Bianco Castel del Monte DOC 2020
The very varietal Sauvignon Terre al Monte is straw yellow in colour. On the nose, hints of plums, fresh and hearty on the palate with beautiful fruit and good balance. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2019 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Sauvignon
- Cultivation: close to nature
- Expansion: 3 to 4 months stainless steel
- Development: stainless steel tank
- Vegan Clearing: yes
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 12,50 % vol
- Total Extract: 23,65 g/l
- Total Acidity: 6,15 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 2,75 g/l
- Sulfite: 82 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,25
- Closure: Diam
- Serving Temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage Potential: 2023
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15110120 · 0,75 l · 9,73 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
!["Montecoco" Salice Salentino DOP 2018]()
“Montecoco” Salice Salentino DOP 2018
The popular Salice Salentino Rosso called Montecoco convinces every year with its scent of plums, dark fruits and toasted notes. An intense, rich taste, coherent and with a slight sweetness that provides good sweetness. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Varieties: 85% Negroamaro, 15% Malvasia Nera
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: barrique
- Development: barrique
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 12,50 % vol
- Total Extract: 33,00 g/l
- Total Acidity: 6,20 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 9,50 g/l
- Sulfite: 145 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,66
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage Potential: 2023+
- Food Recommendations: roast, matured cheese
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15042319 · 0,75 l · 9,87 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
!["Cantalupi" Primitivo del Salento IGT 2019]()
“Cantalupi” Primitivo del Salento IGT 2019
Vivid ruby red. Opens with notes of violets and roses, laurel, myrtle, thyme and small pickled cherries. The taste is juicy, fresh and spicy with long fruity notes and dense, well integrated tannins. From 20 year old vines. SUPERIORE.DEread moreThis vintage has not been rated yet.
The 2018 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Development: stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 14,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 32,70 g/l
- Total Acidity: 6,07 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 6,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 118 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,70
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage Potential: 2024
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15092719 · 0,75 l · 10,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
!["Doncosimo" Primitivo del Salento IGP 2019]()
“Doncosimo” Primitivo del Salento IGP 2019
Excellent Primitivo of ruby red color, the slightly spicy bouquet is characterized by red berry fruits. The harmonious taste is earthy, yet velvety and of a certain elegance with light tannin and a gentle final. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: barrique
- Development: barrique
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 13,50 % vol
- Total Extract: 33,00 g/l
- Total Acidity: 6,10 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 9,50 g/l
- Sulfite: 149 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,65
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 18-20 °C
- Storage Potential: 2023
- Food Recommendations: roast, game, mature cheese
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15042119 · 0,75 l · 10,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
!["Camarda" Rosso Brindisi DOP 2018]()
“Camarda” Rosso Brindisi DOP 2018
Charming red wine from Due Palme, extremely affordable and with a character all of its own. Its bouquet of dark fruits and a fresh, smooth taste with a balsamic finish make it a pleasure to drink. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Varieties: 90% Negroamaro, 10% Malvasia Nera
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 6 months barrique
- Development: barrique
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 12,50 % vol
- Total Extract: 32,00 g/l
- Total Acidity: 6,10 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 9,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 148 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,70
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage Potential: 2022+
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15042618 · 0,75 l · 10,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
!["Cantalupi" Salice Salentino DOC 2020]()
“Cantalupi” Salice Salentino DOC 2020
The traditionally vinified Salice Salentino from Tenuta Cantalupi offers a pleasant aroma of ripe red fruits, especially black cherries. Rich, intense and powerful on the palate. An impeccable wine, dense and fruity. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Varieties: 80% Negroamaro, 20% Malvasia Nera
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Development: stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 13,50 % vol
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage Potential: 2023+
- Food Recommendations: pasta with meat-based sauce
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15092120 · 0,75 l · 10,27 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
!["Bagnara" Fiano del Salento IGP 2020]()
“Bagnara” Fiano del Salento IGP 2020
Very precise, clear and aromatic, the Fiano Bagnara has notes of peach, apple and orange. Balanced and generous on the palate, paired with an elegance and subtle minerality. Forget the Puglia of the 1990s, here comes the new generation that delights! SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2019 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Fiano
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Development: stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 12,50 % vol
- Total Extract: 24,15 g/l
- Total Acidity: 5,65 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 5,45 g/l
- Sulfite: 93 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,50
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 10-12 °C
- Storage Potential: 2023
- Food Recommendations: fish, seafood
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15040320 · 0,75 l · 10,27 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
!["Pungirosa" Rosato Castel del Monte DOCG 2020]()
“Pungirosa” Rosato Castel del Monte DOCG 2020
Fresh, floral-scented Rosato from Castel del Monte, beautifully accessible and wonderfully fruity on the palate. A correctly vinified everyday wine that gives us a lot of pleasure. SUPERIORE.DE
"Brightening pinkish red. In the nose fragrant, clear, of white blossoms and fresh citrus fruit, also slightly of ripe, sugared raspberries, inviting. On the palate clear, juicy, with a nice fan and crisp core, final juicy and crystalline." Falstaff
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Bombino Nero
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Development: stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 12,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 22,85 g/l
- Total Acidity: 5,80 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 1,50 g/l
- Sulfite: 85,00 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,25
- Closure: plastic cork
- Serving Temperature: 10-12 °C
- Storage Potential: 2023
- Food Recommendations: antipasti, fish dishes
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15112920 · 0,75 l · 11,07 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
!["Violante" Nero di Troia Castel del Monte DOC 2018]()
“Violante” Nero di Troia Castel del Monte DOC 2018
Excellent, single-varietal red wine from the ancient southern Italian vine Nero di Troia. Violante convinces with its fine-smelling, red-berried and delicately smoky bouquet. Fresh on the palate, well structured and beautifully balanced between fruit and acidity, it is a wonderful food companion and very inexpensive everyday wine. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Nero di Troia
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 12 months large barrel
- Development: wooden barrel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 13,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 32,85 g/l
- Total Acidity: 5,60 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 1,80 g/l
- Sulfite: 88 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,40
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 18-20 °C
- Storage Potential: 2023
- Food Recommendations: game dishes
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15112618 · 0,75 l · 11,07 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
!["SanGaetano" Primitivo di Manduria DOP 2019]()
“SanGaetano” Primitivo di Manduria DOP 2019
Primitivo di Manduria, fragrant of ripe fruit, whose fruit is perfectly matched to the wood dose and whose dense taste ends with pleasant cocoa notes. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Primitivo
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: wooden barrel
- Development: wooden barrel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 14,00 % vol
- Total Extract: 34,00 g/l
- Total Acidity: 6,30 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 10,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 150 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,70
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving Temperature: 18-20 °C
- Storage Potential: 2023
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15042819 · 0,75 l · 11,33 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
![Fiano del Salento IGT 2019]()
Fiano del Salento IGT 2019
Sparkling bright yellow. Intense nose of sliced apple, pear, melon, peach and an interesting, delicately oxidative and herbaceous note. On the palate precise with beautiful spice and again aromas of cut apple. A fresh, interesting and almost captivating white wine from a good house. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2018 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Fiano
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 6 months stainless steel
- Development: Stainless steel tank
- Vegan Clearing: yes
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol Content: 12,50 % vol
- Total Extract: 21,85 g/l
- Total Acidity: 6,50 g/l
- Residual Sugar: 3,15 g/l
- Sulfite: 85 mg/l
- ph-Value: 3,36
- Closure: Screw cap
- Serving Temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage Potential: 2022
- Allergen Note: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned15170119 · 0,75 l · 11,60 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping< 24 units available
The wine cellar of Europe.
Apulia is a long extended region deep in the southeast of Italy at the Adriatic coast and forms with the Gargano mountains the spur and the peninsula Salento the heel of the boot. Due to the warm climate in the fertile plains, Apulia is also an excellent wine-growing region. harvests of up to 900 million litres (decades ago even more), gave the region its nickname "Wine cellar of Europe" one. For a long time, mainly dark red blended wines were produced here, which were sold in tankers to other regions or even other countries. Fortunately, this has changed over the last twenty years. Today the powerful wines are popular all over the world. Negroamaro, Salice Salentino, Nero di Troia or Primitivo are now on many good wine lists.
The name of the region goes back to the Apuli, a tribe of the Osker. Already 3000 years ago the Phoenicians and later the Greeks planted vines here. The "Place of eternal spring"As the Roman poet Horace Apulia described it, Puglia is less mountainous than the rest of Italy, dominated by plateaus and flat land that slopes gently down to the coasts. It is dry and very hot in summer, but always windy with sea breezes. The loamy to sandy soils are richly interspersed with limestone, which, despite the often powerful density, also makes finesse and elegance possible.
Almost 25,000 hectares are classified for DOP-origin wine.
There are now 4 DOCG and 28 DOC regions. However, this is still only about 8% of Apulia's total production. Even today, a large part of the grapes harvested in Apulia are used for the distillation of industrial alcohol and the production of mass wines. But a thorough change in the industry is noticeable. Irrigation, the planting of low-bearing but high-quality grape varieties (including classic French) and the move away from buscher education (Alberello) towards modern wire frame systems have long since led to new wines that make wine connoisseurs sit up and take notice.
Due to the renaissance of the regional grape varieties, the winegrowers of Apulia are on the rise.
Around 90,000 hectares produce around 800 million litres a year in Puglia. Of the 4 DOCG and 28 DOC zones, none of the ten have any significance beyond the region. Apulia is a wine region in which many different grape varieties are cultivated. The most important red wine varieties today are Negroamaro, Primitivo, the earliest ripening grape in Italy, Montepulciano and Sangiovese. Aleatico, Bombino Nero and Uva di Troia follow. The vineyards are often planted with Malvasia Nera, Cabernet, Merlot and Syrah. The proportion of red varieties in cultivation is approx. 55%. The main white varieties are different varieties of Trebbiano, Bombino Bianco, Moscato di Trani and Verdeca, as well as Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc. Aleatico di Puglia DOC can be produced from the Aleatico grape in the entire Apulia region. The name stands for a sweet red wine made from rosinated grapes.
The DOC San Severo is located directly on the border to Molise and in the vicinity of the local DOC Biferno. There are larger quantities of fine fruity white Trebbiano and red and rosé wines from Montepulciano and Sangiovese produced. Further south is the DOC with the unpronounceable name Cacc'e Mmitte di Lucera. Here Uva di Troia is transformed into a light, youthful red wine. For a sweet version the Aleatico, Negroamaro, Malvasia Nera and Primitivo are used.
To the west of the capital Bari lies the Castel del Monte wine-growing region, which extends around the famous hunting lodge of the Staufer Emperor Frederick II. It is one of the most famous cultivated areas in Puglia. The fresh, light white wines produced there are usually clearly surpassed by the very fruity rosé wines and the full-bodied, aging red wines. Further south in the small wine-growing village of Locorotondo, the grapes of Verdeca and Bianco d’Alessano the white DOC Locorotondo pressed. This wine is often appreciated as the best white wine of Apulia because of its fine nature.
The peninsula of Salento forms the "boot heel" Italy. To the west of the port city of Brindisi lies the DOC of the same name, from which some of Apulia's best wines originate. Further south are the powerful red and rosé wines of DOC Salice Salentino. The best products are characterized by a fine structure and elegance after some time of maturation. SUPERIORE.DE
Facts
- Capital: Bari
- Provinces: Foggia, Bari, Brindisi, Taranto, Lecce, Barletta-Andria-Trani
- Vineyard: approx. 90,000 hectares
- Total production/year: around 800 million litres (2016)
- of which red/rosé wine: 55%
- Share of Italian viticulture: 16%.
Apulia origin wines originate from 4 DOCG, 28 DOC and amount to altogether 8% of the vineyard area:
- Castel del Monte Bombino Nero DOCG
- Castel del Monte Nero di Troia DOCG Reserve
- Castel del Monte Rosso Riserva DOCG
- Primitivo di Manduria Natural Sweet DOCG
- Aleatico di Puglia DOC
- Alezio DOC
- Barletta DOC
- Toast DOC
- Hunting’is Mmitte di Lucera DOC
- Castel del Monte DOC
- Joniche Tarantine Hills DOC
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- Galatina DOC
- Gioia del Colle DOC
- Gravina DOC
- Leverano DOC
- Lizzano DOC
- Locorotondo DOC
- Martina/Martina Franca DOC
- Matino DOC
- Moscato di Trani DOC
- Nardò DOC
- Terra d Negramaro’Otranto DOC
- Orta Nova DOC
- Ostuni DOC
- Primitivo di Manduria DOC
- Rosso di Cerignola DOC
- Salice Salentino DOC
- San Severo DOC
- Squinzano DOC
- Boxer Tables/Tableboards DOC
- Earth d’Otranto DOC