Salice Salentino Riserva DOP Vereto

Region: Puglia


Viticulture

From a 30 ha. estate. North - south exposure. Soil is a combination of chalk and clay. Vines are cultivated in part as free-standing bushes, with some cordon-spur trained.

Vinification

Harvested in late September, by hand and mechanically. Fermented for 7 - 10 days at a controlled temperature before being decanted. A spontaneous malolactic fermentation occurs at the end of the alcoholic fermentation. Aged in stainless steel, then for 6 - 8 months in 50 hl. Slavonian oak barrels, and finally for 12 months in cement vats. Refined in the bottle for 6 - 8 months.

Grape Varieties

100% Negroamaro