Top 100 wines of Salento - Page 2
Discover the top 100 best wines of Salento of Salento as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Salento and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Salento
Heel of the Italian boot, sunny and generous vineyard. Fleshy reds: signature Negroamaro ("black-bitter") deep and sturdy, notes of black cherry, plum, spices and a characteristic bitter finish, star in Salice Salentino DOC. Opulent jammy Primitivo di Manduria (= Zinfandel) with notes of black fruits, chocolate and raisin. Supple Malvasia Nera.
Juicy rosés with red fruits. Hot Mediterranean climate, red clay soils. Sun-drenched wines for immediate pleasure.
Discover the grape variety: Primitivo
Powerful, sun-drenched reds with a dark robe and generous alcohol, showing aromas of stewed blackberry, stewed plum, dried fig, chocolate, gentle spice and balsamic notes. Supple tannins, indulgent finish. Star of Puglia with Primitivo di Manduria DOC, Gioia del Colle DOC and Salice Salentino. Identical to American Zinfandel and Croatian Crljenak Kaštelanski by DNA analysis.
Food and wine pairing with a wine of Salento
wines from the region of Salento go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of braised beef with carrots, pasta with broccoli or ghormeh sabzi (iranian herbed lamb stew).
Organoleptic analysis of wine of Salento
On the nose in the region of Salento often reveals types of flavors of oaky, vanilla or dark chocolate and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or oak. In the mouth in the region of Salento is a powerful.
