Top 100 pink wines of Puglia - Page 4

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.

Discovering the wine region of Puglia

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.

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 pink wine of Puglia

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 roasted fillet of beef with parsley, oven-baked lamb stew or mackerel fillets (quick bake).

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Puglia

On the nose in the region of Puglia often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.