Salice Salentino burst onto the UK market in the late '90's - affordable, approcahable and generous whilst offering an authentic Italian character. Vallone were one of the pioneers and are still one of its very best exponents.
Production
From a blend of rigorously selected Negroamaro grapes, with a touch of Malvasia Nera to add complexity and elegance. The grapes are hand harvested from the Giardinalli vineyard on Vallone's Iore estate in San Pancrazio Salentino, where deep chalk-clay soils predominate. Here the vines are on average 40 years' old and trained in the traditional bush system known as 'alberello' as well as 'spalliera'. Grapes are crushed and given 70 hours skin contact; free run juice and soft pressing only. The wine is matured for 8 months in 50 hectolitre Slavonic oak casks and filtered using natural decantation / refrigeration methods before bottling.
Campo Giardinelli Salice Salentino 2020 (6 bottles case)
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Tasting notes
The nose is ripe and spicy with hints of liquorice and raisins. Good concentration of wild plum and black fruit characters, nicely balanced by fresh acidity and a hint of bitterness, typical of the Negroamaro grape.
Food match
The perfect accompaniment to Italian tomato pasta dishes. Also great with red meats, such as hot roast beef and grain mustard, or perhaps a bean and lentil casserole.
Info
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ABV
13%
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CASE/BOTTLE SIZE
6 x 75cl
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REGION/COUNTRY
PUGLIA, ITALY
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GRAPE
NEGROAMARO 100%
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FEATURES
VEGETARIAN
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CLOSURE
SCREWCAP
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WINEMAKER
MARCO MASCELLANI
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APPELLATION
DOP SALICE SALENTINO
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ALLERGEN INFO
CONTAINS SULPHITES AND NO OTHER ALLERGENS
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Meet the producer
Founded in 1935, this well-established family winery is one of the original quality producers of the Salento peninsula. Of the family's 600 hectares of land spread over three estates, vineyards cover 170 hectares, whilst the rest is planted with a plethora of other agricultural crops, including some of the oldest olive groves in the country.
Sisters Vittoria and Maria Teresa, along with Francesco, Vallone own and run the estate - which was established by Vittoria and Maria Teresa's grandfather. They are supported by winemaker Dr. Graziana Grassini, a consultant with a degree in oenology from the University of Pisa, who works with some of the most prestigious family-owned wineries in Italy. The Vallone sisters produce wines consistently rated amongst the best in Puglia.
Agricole Vallone has two different winemaking facilities, each with the most advanced, up-to-date equipment. The Flaminio estate, near Brindisi, houses the cellar where all the wines are vinified, while the Copertino cellar, in the province of Lecce, carries out the process of maturation in oak, using both large botti and small French oak barrels. Their Tenuta Serranova estate lies up the coast from Brindisi.
A traditional company from sunny and vibrant southern Italy, the core of production centres around indigenous grape varieties, including Negroamaro, Susumaniello and Primitivo (for black grapes) and Fiano and Falanghina (for white).