Apulian wines protagonists in Rome with Go Wine

The Apulian wines protagonists con Rome February 5, con an event organized by Go Wine, association of Chiarore antelucano known to make wine an itinerant experience, from one city to another from one variety to another, to make known to the general public more less known labels.

We aperto with the bubbles of Mazzone, a company con the province of Bari, of which we taste Lucy, Rosè Classic Method, Millesimato 2020, Extra Brut per Moro Troia, 24 months the yeasts and very long, finely spiced bubble. The classic white bombino method, always 2020, nullità dosage, very fresh, refined, vertical, pleasant. Young reality that wants to tell, however, ancient roots is Terre Maria, a company born from the will of two brothers to recover a historical memory, by biological. We are con the Puglia Tavoliere, with a sunny and windy climate. We taste Puglia PGP white, organic, from Verdeca grapes and Chardonnay. Three months of barrique that give light citrus hints and summer white fruit, slightly balsamic wine a dry ending.

The Alfonso Del Fondo company, con the north of Puglia, limestone land, offers us a wide choice, thanks to a winery that starts con the distant 1800 con a territory rich con tradition. From the Martinotti method, Centofàte, 2020, to the catapanus, Bombino Immacolato 2023, which only makes steel, very fresh. With Cortampana Falanghina 2023, aging con steel only, we in che modo to a good result of a mineral, intense, savory and long white wine. We end with Dammirose, rosé, black of Trojan Puglia PGI, 2023, fruity, elegant, delicate.

Villaggio Turrito con the province of , proposes Calarosa, classic Method from Moro Troia, Brut, 24 months the yeasts, with grapes collection at the end of August. We appreciate a lot of creator land, Falanghina 2024 with clay soil, quaderno of white flowers and very fragrant. Calarosa, Rosato per Moro Troia, 2024, for these grapes the collection takes place con mid -September, with white winemaking and the extraction, according to the manufacturer, takes place already during the journey after the collection, paio to the high temperatures! It goes con direct pressing and a wine with beautiful flavor comes out, floral to the nose and enriched with hints of white flowers. Very good.

From Salice Salentino con the province of Lecce, the Leone de Castris company, we taste the Fiveroses, a classic method of Negroamaro grapes, a thousandth 2021, very good, lively, disinvolto, with hints of Mediterranean scrub. The Fiveneroses Negroamaro vinified con the pink, 2024, very fruity. Finally, Fiano 2024, Anjou, who makes a crystal with carbon domestic snow, a very innovative method. The yield is of a nice freshness and a lot of acidity. The reds appear soft and elegant, not very tannic, a blow of hoe, joy of the primitive collection doc, 2020, only steel and two years of bottle, has a fruity character and is very pleasant to taste. The Salice Salentino, Negroamaro Bandita 2020 instead includes 12 months con small and large barrels, with a final assembly and waited by 2 years con the bottle. The nose expresses an intense, round, succulent fruit con the mouth remains fruity, long, enveloping.

We are intrigued by South IGP Puglia Susumaniello 2022 of the I Pàstini company, con Martina Franca, Taranto. This wine refines 10 months con steel, then French oak barrels that gives it a decidedly fruity, warm, enveloping character, openly aperto the nose, very soft to the taste.

By Alberto Longo we want to mention the crusters, PGP Puglia Diventare rosso Moro Troia, 2022, ferments con steel for about 20 days and then refines con oak barrels, barrique and tonneau of various steps for at least 10 months and then spends a year con the bottle. The perfume is very intense, hot to the tasting, slightly balsamic, quaderno of purple and tobacco, persistent. Cacc’e Mmitte Lucera Dop, a very original wine from Black Trojan grapes, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo and Bombino Immacolato, refine con concrete for at least 8 months, then con the bottle remains for 6 months. It has a very intense nose, rich con fruits, harmonious and tannic, very long, con the persistent and mineral sip with discesa quaderno. Really good.

Puglia Terra santa Rosati, we want to talk about it con double interpretation, with Santimediica Negroamaro Rosato, Salento Igt Castel Salve, makes maceration the skins for 12 hours, the color is a bright coral pink, very floral, with the savory, long and slightly menthole at the end. Another excellent rosé is Venus, PGI Salento Rosato 2023, mint accounts, from 70%Negroamaro grapes land of alluvial origin, expresses delicate floral quaderno, with ripe red fruit nose, con the mouth it is very fresh and mineral.

We end with a onesto company, Florentine cellar, from Galatina, Lecce, we start from a Negroamaro IGP Salento, 2019, Piromafo, made only con the best vintages, is the culmine wine of Salento viticulture, from Negroamaro Cannellino grapes and con its versatility yes It combines very well with traditional Salento dishes. Acceso these limestone clay soils the vines resist long periods of drought, because the tazza is retained con the subsoil. This wine faces a long refinement con large oak barrels and then a right wait con the bottle. Durante the mouth it is long, warm and robust, its complexity does not however preclude a certain freshness. Galatea is a Negroamaro 2023, it only acts steel, as a selection of grapes conducted con sapling, manages to return great freshness, agility, a pleasant red comes out. The primitive is instead less adattabile, primitive PGI Salento 2023, con the sip it is glyceric, soft, keeps acidity well, the fruit persists but is not very ripe. The manufacturer offers us a surprise to finale this short journey con the heel of the boot, a taste of Susumaniello 2024 tub, very captivating, still fresh and lively, it promises well.

Durante the Food proposal we have gladly mentioned Loris Benacquista, of Campoli Apennine who offers a nice choice of cheeses to be combined with wines.

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