Winery Torre SaracenaSalice Salentino
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or pasta.
Food and wine pairings with Salice Salentino
Pairings that work perfectly with Salice Salentino
Original food and wine pairings with Salice Salentino
The Salice Salentino of Winery Torre Saracena matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of shepherd's pie (potatoes, beef, carrots, bacon), pasta with tuna, garlic and lemon cream or mouse of lamb with thyme.
Details and technical informations about Winery Torre Saracena's Salice Salentino.
Discover the grape variety: Assyrtiko
This is a very old grape variety grown in Greece, particularly in the southern Cyclades Islands in the Aegean Sea, and more specifically in the Santorini archipelago. It is related to gaidouria and platani. In this country, it is quite often "associated" with other grape varieties such as aïdani, athiri, malagousia, ... . Assyrtiko can be found in Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, the United States, Mexico, South Africa, etc. Little known in France, it is nevertheless registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A.
Informations about the Winery Torre Saracena
The Winery Torre Saracena is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in the of Salice Salentino to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Salice Salentino
The wine region of Salice Salentino is located in the region of Pouilles of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Moros or the Domaine Vigneti del Salento produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Salice Salentino are Chardonnay, Primitivo and Sangiovese, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Salice Salentino often reveals types of flavors of earth, vegetal or toasty and sometimes also flavors of espresso, dried fruit or floral.
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: Gluing
Method consisting in clarifying the wine and giving it a limpidity by incorporating a specific product.
