Winery CantolioL'Opis Primitivo Salento
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or lamb.
The L'Opis Primitivo Salento of the Winery Cantolio is in the top 20 of wines of Salento.
Taste structure of the L'Opis Primitivo Salento from the Winery Cantolio
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the L'Opis Primitivo Salento of Winery Cantolio in the region of Pouilles is a powerful.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the L'Opis Primitivo Salento of Winery Cantolio in the region of Pouilles often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or dried fruit.
Food and wine pairings with L'Opis Primitivo Salento
Pairings that work perfectly with L'Opis Primitivo Salento
Original food and wine pairings with L'Opis Primitivo Salento
The L'Opis Primitivo Salento of Winery Cantolio matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of oxtail confit in red wine, chinese noodles with shrimp or douez battata with cardoons (moroccan lamb stew).
Discover the grape variety: Primitivo
From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of L'Opis Primitivo Salento from Winery Cantolio are 2019, 2014, 2011, 2018 and 2016.
Informations about the Winery Cantolio
The Winery Cantolio is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 37 wines for sale in the of Salento to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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 .
The wine region of Pouilles
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.
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The word of the wine: Red winemaking
Transformation of grapes into must and wine under the effect of alcoholic fermentation. The vinification of red wines takes place in several stages: destemming, crushing, alcoholic fermentation, vatting, running off and maturing.
