Winery AltureMinutolo
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, appetizers and snacks or shellfish.
The Minutolo of the Winery Alture is in the top 5 of wines of Valle d'Itria.
Taste structure of the Minutolo from the Winery Alture
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Minutolo of Winery Alture in the region of Puglia is a powerful.
Food and wine pairings with Minutolo
Pairings that work perfectly with Minutolo
Original food and wine pairings with Minutolo
The Minutolo of Winery Alture matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of natural breton lobster, zucchini quiche or beet hummus dip.
Details and technical informations about Winery Alture's Minutolo.
Discover the grape variety: Douce noire
The douce noire, as its name indicates, is a black grape variety. It originated in the region between the valleys of the Isère and Saône rivers. Often in autumn, its foliage takes on a red hue. The bunches of the black sweet are larger than average. They are compact and winged. Spherical, its berries are of normal size. The flesh is juicy, soft and sweet. Although it is on the verge of extinction, this variety is still present in some Jura vineyards. Some call it corbeau, especially in Savoie, but it has other names such as gros noir, plant de Calarin and pecot. The sweet black is associated with an average budding and a late first ripening. Hardy and vigorous, it adapts to poorly irrigated soils. This variety produces a wine with low alcohol content, flat, soft and without much finesse. It should be consumed within the year. Sweet black is generally grown with Persian. It must be associated with other grape varieties to be better. Nowadays, this variety is not multiplied at all.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Minutolo from Winery Alture are 2016, 2015, 2018, 0 and 2017.
Informations about the Winery Alture
The Winery Alture is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Valle d'Itria to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Valle d'Itria
The wine region of Valle d'Itria is located in the region of Pouilles of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine I Pastini or the Domaine Tagaro produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Valle d'Itria are Verdeca, Primitivo and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Valle d'Itria often reveals types of flavors of cherry, coffee or citrus and sometimes also flavors of apples, earthy or minerality.
The wine region of Puglia
Puglia (Apulia to many English speakers) is a Long, slender wine region in the extreme Southeast corner of Italy's "boot". To use the shoe analogy often used to illustrate the shape of Italy, Apulia extends from the tip of the heel to the mid-calf, where the spur of the Gargano Peninsula juts out into the Adriatic Sea. The heel (the Salento peninsula) occupies the southern half of the region and is of great importance for the identity of Puglia. Not only are there cultural and geographical differences from Northern Puglia, but the wines are also different.
The word of the wine: Interknot
Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see merithallus).
