Top 100 white wines of Puglia
Discover the top 100 best white wines of Puglia as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the white 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.
Nervy, saline whites with cutting acidity and enveloping richness, showing aromas of grapefruit, lime, pear, white flowers, fresh almond, fennel and marine iodine notes. Slightly bitter finish. Star of Sardinia (Vermentino di Gallura DOCG), Liguria, coastal Tuscany (Bolgheri) and Corsica. Also in Provence and Languedoc-Roussillon as Rolle. An autochthonous Mediterranean variety.
white wines from the region of Puglia go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of chicken chop suey, goat cheese and bacon quiche or cheese gougères.
On the nose in the region of Puglia often reveals types of flavors of peach, green apple or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or yellow apple. In the mouth in the region of Puglia is a powerful.