The Winery Menhir of Salento of Puglia

Winery Menhir
The winery offers 53 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 29 of the estates of Puglia.
It is located in Salento in the region of Puglia
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The Winery Menhir is one of the world's great estates. It offers 53 wines for sale in of Salento to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Menhir wines

Looking for the best Winery Menhir wines in Salento among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Menhir wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Menhir wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Menhir

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Menhir

How Winery Menhir wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of roast pork with pineapple, salmon and spinach lasagna or lamb mouse confit in wine.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Menhir

On the nose the red wine of Winery Menhir. often reveals types of flavors of earthy, blackberry or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of tobacco, strawberries or raspberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Menhir. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Menhir

  • 2009With an average score of 4.27/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2022With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2021With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.96/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Menhir.

  • Primitivo
  • Negroamaro
  • Malvasia
  • Susumaniello
  • Malvasia Nera
  • Aleatico

Discovering the wine region of Salento

Heel of the Italian boot, sunny and generous vineyard. Fleshy reds: signature Negroamaro ("black-bitter") deep and sturdy, notes of black cherry, plum, spices and a characteristic bitter finish, star in Salice Salentino DOC. Opulent jammy Primitivo di Manduria (= Zinfandel) with notes of black fruits, chocolate and raisin. Supple Malvasia Nera.

Juicy rosés with red fruits. Hot Mediterranean climate, red clay soils. Sun-drenched wines for immediate pleasure.

The top white wines of Winery Menhir

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Menhir

How Winery Menhir wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of three ways to prepare chinese noodles, quiche without eggs or small croissants with smoked salmon (toast).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Menhir

On the nose the white wine of Winery Menhir. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, peach or green apple and sometimes also flavors of lemon, pear or almonds. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Menhir. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Menhir

  • 2015With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.75/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Menhir.

  • Verdeca
  • Malvasia
  • Fiano
  • Chardonnay
  • Minutolo

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.

The top sweet wines of Winery Menhir

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Menhir

How Winery Menhir wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Menhir

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Menhir. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, black fruit or dried fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Menhir

  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Menhir.

  • Aleatico
  • Negroamaro

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The top pink wines of Winery Menhir

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Menhir

How Winery Menhir wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of quick beef and cheese yakitori, lamb mice confit in port wine or leek and fresh salmon tart.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Menhir

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Menhir. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Menhir

  • 2017With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Menhir.

  • Negroamaro
  • Susumaniello
  • Primitivo

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.

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Discover the grape variety: Primitivo

Powerful, sun-drenched reds with a dark robe and generous alcohol, showing aromas of stewed blackberry, stewed plum, dried fig, chocolate, gentle spice and balsamic notes. Supple tannins, indulgent finish. Star of Puglia with Primitivo di Manduria DOC, Gioia del Colle DOC and Salice Salentino. Identical to American Zinfandel and Croatian Crljenak Kaštelanski by DNA analysis.