Winery Leone de CastrisDon Piero
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Don Piero of the Winery Leone de Castris is in the top 80 of wines of Salice Salentino.
Details and technical informations about Winery Leone de Castris's Don Piero.
Discover the grape variety: Humagne rouge
Structured, wild reds with a sustained ruby robe, firm tannins and fresh alpine acidity, with aromas of red fruit (cherry, raspberry), violet, garrigue, spice, dried herbs and characteristic animal notes. Dense palate, fine ageing potential. Star of the great Valais reds on the sun-drenched slopes of the Swiss Rhône (Sierre, Salquenen, Chamoson). Autochthonous Aosta Valley variety, identical to Cornalin d'Aoste in Italy, with no genetic link to Humagne Blanche.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Don Piero from Winery Leone de Castris are 0
Informations about the Winery Leone de Castris
The Winery Leone de Castris is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 90 wines for sale in the of Salice Salentino to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Salice Salentino
Apulia DOC in the heel of the boot (Salento), realm of native Negroamaro (min. 75-90%) on terra rossa. Signature powerful sunny reds with notes of candied black cherry, blackberry, tobacco, leather, liquorice and sweet spice touch, round tannins and warm mouth — Southern heat in the bottle. Often completed by aromatic Malvasia Nera.
The wine region of Puglia
Heel of the boot, 80% red vineyard, sunny and generous. Fleshy, jammy Primitivo (= Zinfandel) with notes of black cherry, plum, chocolate and spices, powerful alcohol and melted tannins, a star in Primitivo di Manduria. Deep, structured Negroamaro (black-bitter) with a bitter finish in Salice Salentino. Structured Nero di Troia, spicy Susumaniello.
The word of the wine: Imperial
Bottle with a capacity of 6 liters (synonym of mathusalem).
