The best wines of Salento

Discover the best wines of Salento of Puglia as well as the best winemakers of Salento and estates of Salento to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Salento and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of Salento by region

Looking for a good wine of Salento of Puglia among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Salento. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Salento with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Salento

See the top 100 best red wines of Salento

Want to buy a red wine of Salento cheap or sell a red wine of Salento at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.

Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Salento

Red wines from the region of Salento go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of pasta bolognese, italian pasta salad or lamb tagine with dried apricots.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Salento

On the nose the red wine of the region of Salento. often reveals types of flavors of cream, black plum or toasty and sometimes also flavors of prune, cinnamon or cheese. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Salento. is a powerful.

The best vintages in red wine of Salento

  • 1997With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.47/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.42/5
  • 2003With an average score of 4.41/5
  • 1994With an average score of 4.40/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Salento

  • Primitivo
  • Negroamaro
  • Malvasia Nera
  • Susumaniello
  • Montepulciano

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Salento

A wine route planned in the region of Salento? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Salento.

Discovering the wine region of Salento

The wine region of Salento is located in the region of Pouilles of Italy. We currently count 851 estates and châteaux in the of Salento, producing 2704 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Salento go well with generally quite well with dishes .

Great white wines of Salento

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Salento

White wines from the region of Salento go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of waterzooï of the sea, summer tuna quiche or cheese gougères.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Salento

On the nose the white wine of the region of Salento. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, tree fruit or gooseberry and sometimes also flavors of elderflower, mango or lychee. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Salento. is a powerful.

The best vintages in white wine of Salento

  • 2021With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.19/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2022With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 1997With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 1921With an average score of 4.10/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Salento

  • Chardonnay
  • Fiano
  • Malvasia
  • Moscatello Selvatico
  • Minutolo
  • Negroamaro

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Salento

A wine route planned in the region of Salento? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of Salento.

Discover the grape variety: Montepulciano

A very old grape variety, most likely originating in Italy, now cultivated mainly in the central and central-eastern parts of this country, registered in France in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1. Montepulciano has long been confused with sangiovese or nielluccio, an A.D.N. analysis has shown that it is different.

Great sparkling wines of Salento

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Salento

Sparkling wines from the region of Salento go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of white cabbage with bacon, pasta with tuna, garlic and lemon cream or quiche without eggs.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Salento

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Salento. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, vegetal or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, earth or non oak.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Salento

  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.79/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Salento

  • Negroamaro
  • Chardonnay
  • Bombino Bianco
  • Aglianico
  • Susumaniello
  • Minutolo

The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of Salento

A wine route planned in the region of Salento? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sparkling wine of Salento.

The word of the wine: Apogee

This period varies greatly depending on the type of wine and the vintage, and corresponds to the optimum quality of a wine. After the peak comes the decline.

Great pink wines of Salento

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Salento

Pink wines from the region of Salento go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of baked lasagna, leg of lamb with herb stuffing or tuna and cream cheese pie.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Salento

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Salento. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, oak or melon and sometimes also flavors of savory, pomegranate or yeast.

The best vintages in pink wine of Salento

  • 1993With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.91/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Salento

  • Negroamaro
  • Primitivo
  • Malvasia Nera
  • Susumaniello

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Salento

A wine route planned in the region of Salento? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Salento.

Discover the grape variety: Susumaniello

Great sweet wines of Salento

See the top 100 best sweet wines of Salento

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Salento

Sweet wines from the region of Salento go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of tournedos rossini, lamb tagine with apricots or pasta with tuna.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of Salento

On the nose the sweet wine of the region of Salento. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit.

The best vintages in sweet wine of Salento

  • 2017With an average score of 4.46/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.87/5

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Salento

  • Primitivo
  • Negroamaro
  • Aleatico
  • Malvasia
  • Moscatello Selvatico
  • Riesling

The best wineries and winemakers for sweet wine of Salento

A wine route planned in the region of Salento? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sweet wine of Salento.

The word of the wine: Prompt bud

A bud that develops in the year of its formation and gives an entrecoeur.

News from the vineyard of Salento

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