Top 100 wines of Puglia - Page 4

Discover the top 100 best wines of Puglia as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the 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: Aléatico

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.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Puglia

wines from the region of Puglia go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef with panang curry (red curry), flammekueche with munster cheese or marinated lamb chops (honey, worcestershire sauce, olive oil).

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Puglia

On the nose in the region of Puglia often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of blueberry, red fruit or tobacco. In the mouth in the region of Puglia is a powerful.