
Negroamaro
Learn about Negroamaro — taste profile, popular regions and more …
Full-bodied and brimming with dark fruit, Negroamaro actually doesn’t taste much like what its name indicates, “black and bitter.” Instead it is typically smooth on the palate and brimming with sweet fruit like baked plum or raspberry jam, accented with sweet aromas like cinnamon and anise. This dark-skinned southern Italian grape variety is found on the eastern half of the Salento peninsula, which is the backside of Italy’s “boot heel” and part of the Puglia region. Negroamaro forms the base, along with Malvasia Nera and Primitivo, for the best wine of the area, called Salice Salentino. It can also produce single varietal reds as well as some impressive aromatic rosé wines.
Tasting Notes for Negroamaro
Negroamaro is a dry red wine that shows a nice play of red to dark fruit—cherry, raspberry, black currant, plum—and finishes with a sweet spice or herbaceous suggestions of thyme, menthol or basil.
Perfect Food Pairings for Negroamaro
Pair Negroamaro with simple pizza or pasta, pulled pork, Texas-style smoked ribs and teriyaki.
Sommelier Secrets for Negroamaro
Negroamaro is truly an Italian wine–no propagation of the grape is found anywhere else outside of Italy.
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Leone de Castris Salice Salentino Riserva 2009Negroamaro from Italy
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Castello Monaci Liante Salice Salentino 2009Negroamaro from Italy
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Taurino Salice Salentino 2009Negroamaro from Italy
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Torre Quarto Sangue Blu Negroamaro 2009Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Vinicola Resta Salice Salentino Rosso 2009Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Altamura Negroamaro 2009Negroamaro from Napa Valley, California
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Andrea Mangia Salice Salentino Rosso Riserva 2009Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Conti Zecca Salice Salentino Cantalupi Rosso 2009Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Rivera Salice Salentino 2009Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Le Vigne di Sammarco Salento Verve Negroamaro 2009Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Tenute Rubino Miraglio Negroamaro 2009Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Cantina San Donaci Salice Salentino Anticaia Rosso 2009Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Castello Monaci Salice Salentino Aiace Riserva 2009Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Cantine Rosa del Golfo Salento Salento Portulano Negroamaro 2009Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Poderi Anglelini Negroamaro del Salento 2009Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Azienda Vinicola Palama Salice Salentino Arcangelo 2009Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Cantine Due Palme Canonico Negroamaro 2009Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Conti Zecca Salice Salentino Cantalupi Riserva 2009Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Cantina Sampietrana Salento Tacco Barocco Negroamaro 2009Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy