Top 100 pink wines of Puglia
Discover the top 100 best pink wines of Puglia as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the pink wines that are popular of Puglia and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Heel of the boot, 80% red vineyard, sunny and generous. Fleshy, jammy Primitivo (= Zinfandel) with notes of black cherry, plum, chocolate and spices, powerful alcohol and melted tannins, a star in Primitivo di Manduria. Deep, structured Negroamaro (black-bitter) with a bitter finish in Salice Salentino. Structured Nero di Troia, spicy Susumaniello.
Some lively Verdeca and Bombino whites. ~17% of Italian production, Mediterranean climate. Crowd-pleasing reds, sun-drenched bottles.
Aromatic, sweet reds with a light ruby robe, fine tannins and a luscious palate. Intense, refined aromas of rose, wild strawberry, raspberry, candied cherry, delicate muscat and soft spices. Often vinified as passito, sweet or fortified by drying; rarely as dry reds. Star of Elba Aleatico Passito DOCG and Aleatico di Gradoli DOC in Lazio, also present in Puglia. Native Italian variety, related to Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains.
pink wines from the region of Puglia go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of pork chops with potatoes, moroccan lamb shoulder or sublime salmon (stuffed salmon).
On the nose in the region of Puglia often reveals types of flavors of minerality, strawberries or raspberry and sometimes also flavors of honeysuckle, perfume or flint. In the mouth in the region of Puglia is a powerful with a nice freshness.