Winery Contessa CarolaOld Esteemed Vineyards Appassimento
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Old Esteemed Vineyards Appassimento of Winery Contessa Carola in the region of Puglia often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or dried fruit.
Details and technical informations about Winery Contessa Carola's Old Esteemed Vineyards Appassimento.
Discover the grape variety: Mara
Intraspecific cross between gamay noir and reichensteiner obtained in 1970 by André Jacquinet at the Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil research station (Switzerland). From these same parents he also obtained the gamaret and the garanoir. It should not be confused with the Romanian direct producer hybrid, also black, resulting from an interspecific cross between 12 303 Seyve-Villard and ozana. Mara is mainly cultivated in Switzerland and is virtually unknown in France.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Old Esteemed Vineyards Appassimento from Winery Contessa Carola are 2015, 0, 2014, 2013
Informations about the Winery Contessa Carola
The Winery Contessa Carola is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 38 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 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: Sour
Said of a wine that is unpleasantly pungent and has a vinegar-like odour.
