2006 Salice Salentino Riserva DOC

This is a lovely wine showing all the ripeness of fruit typical of this hot southern region of Puglia.

The wine is based on the local Negroamaro grape variety which here gives lovely rich dark flavours yet lacks the bitterness present in some wines of this type. A lovely satisfying wine.

Tasting Notes
Robust and rustic with dried fruit (fig/prune) flavours accompanied by a creamy bitter-chocolate character, balanced by moderate acidity and smoky oak, with superb length. Great fruit comes through with a softly tannic finish, quite elegant.

Matching
Pasta dishes with rich sauces, roast meats, red and white poultry, mixed grills.

Winemaking Notes
Grapes: Negroamaro 95%, Malvasia Nera 5%.
Harvested by hand from mid September to late October.
After pressing, the wine is left to macerate on its skins for a period or 8-10 days to fully extract flavours. The wine is than racked off its skins and left to age in large oak botti for an extended period before bottling.