
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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Cantele Salice Salentino Riserva 2010Negroamaro from Italy
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Leone de Castris Salice Salentino Rosso Maiana 2010Negroamaro from Italy
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Taurino Salice Salentino 2010Negroamaro from Italy
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Leone de Castris Salice Salentino Riserva 2010Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Castello Monaci Liante Salice Salentino 2010Negroamaro from Italy
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Taurino Notarpanaro 2010Negroamaro from Italy
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Tormaresca Masseria Maime Negroamaro Salento 2010Negroamaro from Italy
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Conti Zecca Salice Salentino Cantalupi Riserva 2010Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Poderi Anglelini Negroamaro del Salento 2010Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Leone de Castris Salento Elo Veni Negroamaro 2010Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Leone de Castris Salice Salentino Maiana 2010Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Tenuta Fujanera Puglia Lamadali Negroamaro 2010Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Feudo di San Nicola Puglia Negroamaro 2010Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Azienda Vinicola Palama Salento Fregi Barocchi Rosso Negroamaro 2010Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Cantine Rosa del Golfo Salento Salento Portulano Negroamaro 2010Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Castello Monaci Salice Salentino Aiace Riserva 2010Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Cantina Sampietrana Salice Salentino Vigna delle Monache Riserva 2010Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Appollonio Casa Vinicola Salento Terragnolo Negroamaro Rosso 2010Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Mocavero Salice Salentino Puteus Riserva 2010Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Candido Salice Salentino Lacarta Riserva 2010Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Azienda Vinicola Palama Salice Salentino Alba Rossa Rosso 2010Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Azienda Vinicola Palama Salento Arcangelo Negroamaro 2010Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Cantina San Donaci Salice Salentino Anticaia Rosso 2010Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Cantine Menhir Salento Salento Fine Negroamaro 2010Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy
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Vinicola Resta Salice Salentino Torre Saracena Riserva 2010Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy