Our journey begins in Salento, by tasting a fantastic IGP Primitivo del Salento. It is an ancient wine, the result of a preserved tradition. Intense ruby āāred color, with a strictly typical flavor of a generous, complex and elegant wine. It pleasantly accompanies the strong dishes of Mediterranean cuisine such as roasts and game.
Type: Red
Denomination: Protected Geographical Indication
Production area: Salento
Year: 2016
Grapes: 100% Primitivo
Alcoholic degree: 14% vol.
Serving temperature: 18 – 20 Ā° C
Capacity: 75 cl
Our journey continues tasting another typical Salento wine: the Nigro, an ancient wine that has always been produced in Salento following ancient traditions. Intense garnet red color, typical of Negroamaro; round taste, pleasantly bitter, dry, with excellent structure. It goes well with roasted or stewed red meats, lamb, kid and aged cheeses.
Type: Red
Denomination: Protected Geographical Indication
Production area: Salento
Year: 2015
Grapes: 100% Negroamaro
Alcoholic degree: 14,5% vol.
Serving temperature: 18 – 20 Ā° C
Capacity: 75 cl
Salento, as we know, is a magical land famous all over the world for āil mare, lu sule e lu jentuā (the sea, the sun and then wind) and for the Negroamaro Rosso IGP. Negroamaro is an ancient wine, produced for centuries in Salento as the good traditions that are respected. Intense ruby āāred color and pleasantly bitter, dry, spicy flavor with excellent structure. Perfectly accompanies grilled meats and cheese.
Type: Red
Denomination: Protected Geographical Indication
Production area: Salento
Year: 2016
Grapes: 100% Negroamaro
Alcoholic degree: 13,5% vol.
Serving temperature: 18 – 20 Ā° C
Capacity: 75 cl
The first place to discover through its flavors is Spoleto, a beautiful town famous for its wines! Trebbiano Spoletino IGT has a delicate aroma of white flowers with hints of fruit, and is presented as a deep and elegant wine that goes well with appetizers, fish dishes and white meats.
Type: white
Denomination: Typical geographical indication
Production area: Spoleto
Grape variety: 100% Trebbiano Spoletino
Alcoholic degree: 13,5% vol.
Capacity: 75 cl
Our journey through the Umbrian flavors continues thanks to the Rosato dellāUmbria IGT, a wine for all gastronomic occasions that do not require rigorous combinations. It goes very well with appetizers, soup, eggs, white and red meats, soups.
Type: rosƩ
Denomination: Typical geographical indication
Winemaker: Massimiliano Caburazzi
Grapes: sagrantino, sangiovese, merlot
Alcoholic degree: 13,5% vol.
Capacity: 75 cl
A classic Umbrian that cannot be missed on our journey to discover the flavors of the Bel Paese is Normannia Montefalco Sagrantino, an intense red wine with a note of blackberries, currants, mint and oriental spices.
Type: red
Denomination: Controlled and Guaranteed Denomination of Origin
Winemaker: Massimiliano Caburazzi
Grapes: 100% sagrantino
Alcoholic degree: 14% vol.
Capacity: 75 cl
Wines are certainly one of the Umbrian flagships, but there are many other specialties that should not be underestimated. We invite you to continue our journey together by tasting the Grappa di Sagrantino Peccatores, from the Bartolini winery.
Denomination: Sagrantino grappa
Distillation: distillation takes place in November
Alcohol content: 40% Vol.
Refinement in bottle: 4 months
Serving temperature: 10 Ā° -14 Ā° C.
Recommended glass: small tulip-shaped goblet
Our journey ends by tasting another product from the Bartolini winery: Essential, Vino Passito Umbria. This passito goes very well with blue cheeses and dry pastries.
Typology: I.G.T
Vinification: wine obtained from selected Trebbiano Spoletino grapes dried for several months on racks
Serving temperature: 12 Ā° -14 Ā° C.
Capacity: 0.375ml