Salento Rosso, "Marmorelle"
Appellation: Salento IGT
Type: red, dry
Grape Varietals: Negroamaro 80% & Malvasia Nera 20%
Color: intense and bright ruby
Bouquet: a wide and variegated array, ethereal and fine notes of cherry, blackcurrants, blueberries and blackberries, hints of nutmeg and cocoa.
Taste: warm and pleasant with a great correspondence between taste and nose. The fruit well-amalgamates with the tannins and its fine acidity.
Characteristics: a spontaneous and smooth wine with a modern and dynamic personality, it strikes for its outstanding pleasantness.
Food matches: To be served with “tagliatelle al ragù di maiale”, black “orecchiette” with tomato and ricotta cheese, saltimbocca alla romana, horse meat “straccetti” in sauce, stuffed aubergines, fried meatballs with tomato sauce, roasted lamb with potatoes and young cheeses.
Production vintage: 240.000 bottles
Vineyards location: Brindisi
Soil characteristics: clayey, medium consistency
Altitude: sea level
Year of implant: 1998
Training system: Cordon trained, spur pruned
Vines per hectare: 3.800
Yields per hectare: 8 tons
Harvest: third decade of September
Fermentation: in steel tanks
Maceration: 8 -10 days
Malolactic fermentation: totally carried out
Maturation: steel tanks
Bottle maturation: 2 – 3 months
2011 Marmorelle Rosso – Gambero Rosso’s Vini d’Italia – Tre Bicchieri