Winemaker Notes
Bright cherry-red color. The nose enchants with juicy scents of cherry and strawberry. In the mouth it is fresh and smooth with a long fruity finish.
Ideal with risotto, braised meat dishes, white meat, and seafood dishes.
Blend: 90% Negroamaro, 10% Malvasia Nera di Lecce
Professional Ratings
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Vinous
The 2024 Five Rosés bears the designation on the label as "the first Rosé to be bottled in Italy since 1943." Exciting juiciness and vibrant citrus fruit lead the charge, dancing across the palate with ease and leaving the mouth absolutely salivating. Meyer lemon, Cara Cara orange, apricot and wild mint unfurl in the glass. This blend of 90% Negroamaro, 10% Malvasia Nera di Lecce is delicious.
Whether it’s playful and fun or savory and serious, most rosé today is not your grandmother’s White Zinfandel, though that category remains strong. Pink wine has recently become quite trendy, and this time around it’s commonly quite dry. Since the pigment in red wines comes from keeping fermenting juice in contact with the grape skins for an extended period, it follows that a pink wine can be made using just a brief period of skin contact—usually just a couple of days. The resulting color depends on grape variety and winemaking style, ranging from pale salmon to deep magenta.
Well-suited to the production of concentrated, fruity and spicy red varieties, Puglia is one of Italy’s warmest, most southerly regions. Its entire eastern side is one long coastline bordering the Adriatic Sea. About half way down, the region becomes the Salento Peninsula. This peninsula, bordered by water on three sides, receives moist, nighttime, sea breezes that bring a welcome cooling effect to the region, where little rain creates a challenging environment for its vines. In fact, the region is named for the Italian expression, “a pluvia,” meaning “lack of rain.”
Puglia’s Mediterranean climate and iron-rich, calcareous soils support the indigenous Primitivo, Negroamaro and Nero di Troia. Primitivo produces an inky, spicy, brambly and ripe red wine whose best expression comes from Manduria. Nero di Troia produces tannic, rustic reds from Castel del Monte DOC while Negroamaro, typically blended with Malvasia nera, plays a large part in may blends made throughout the peninsula.
Puglia produces a small amount of white wines as well, predominantly made of the fruity, Trebbiano Toscano, or light, Bombino bianco grapes.