Description

Negroamaro / IGT Puglia:

ORIGIN: Apulia in the provinces of Brindisi, Lecce and Taranto.

VINE VARIETY: Monovarietal Negroamaro

SOIL: Medium-textured located around the 40° parallel north.

GRAPE CULTIVATION: Guyot-trained and spurred cordon.

HARVESTING: By hand.

VINIFICATION: Grape pressing and destemming and fermentation with maceration on the skins with cultured yeasts at 25° controlled temperature.

REFINING: Temperature controlled stainless steel vats. During ageing the wine undergoes several analytical controls to assure its integrity.

BOTTLING: Cold sterile

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 12.5%vol

COLOUR: Vibrant ruby red.

NOSE: Intense and fruity with delicate spicy hints reminding of tobacco.

PALATE: Harmonious, warm and mouth filing, rightly tannic

INTERNATIONAL PAIRINGS: Steak with rast (Germany) – Beef burritos (Mexico)

SERVING TEMPERATURE: 14 – 16°C

CURIOSITY: The origin of the name is uncertain: it contains the word black in two languages: niger in Latin and maru in ancient Greek. Other people think it comes from the dialect expression “niuru maru”: black and bitter. It is the richest grape in resveratrol.