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Apulia (Puglia)

Most cultivated red grape

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Negroamaro

  • Prized for deep red color, powerful tannic structrue
  • Major component for nearly every rosso and rosato DOC on Salento peninsula
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Apulia (Puglia)

3rd major red grape

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Primitivo

  • Genetically linked to Zinfandel; shares softly tannic, syrupy character with its American cousin
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Apulia

4 DOCGs

(all promoted in 2011)

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  • Castel del Monte Nero di Troia Riserva
  • Castel del Monte Bombino Nero
  • Castel del Monte Rosso Riserva
  • Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale
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What is unique about the terrain of Puglia?

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It is the least mountainous region in Italy, with low hills and broad plains

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Puglia

Three major grapes

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  • Negroamaro
  • Uva di Troia
  • Primitivo
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Castel del Monte

  • 3 DOCGs devoted to dry wine
  • Styles
  • Encepagements
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  • Castel del Monte Rosso Riserva DOCG
    • ​Rosso Riserva, > 65% Uva di Troia, max RS 10g/L
  • Castel del Monte Nero di Troia Riserva DOCG
    • Rosso Riserva, > 90% Uva di Troia, max RS 10g/L
  • Castel del Monte Bombino Nera DOCG
    • Rosato, > 90% Bombino Nera, max RS 10g/L

​Min alcohol for Rosso Riserva wines is 13%

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Castel del Monte DOC

  • Styles
  • Varietals
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Castel del Monte DOC

  • Bianco/Frizzante/Spumante
  • Rosso/Novello
  • Rosato/Frizzante/Spumante
  • Varietal wines: Bombino, Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Nero di Troia, Cabernet/Riserva, Aglianico/Riserva
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Puglia

Most cultivated grape and its major DOCs

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  • Negroamaro
  • Salice Salentino DOC
    • ​Rosso/Rosato, Varietal (also bianco (chardonnay based), Aleatico/Riserva/Dolce/Licoroso)
  • Brindisi DOC
    • ​Varietal Rosso/Rosato (also varietal Susumaniello, Chardonnay, Fiano, Sauvignon)
  • Both DOCs are clustered together in the southern part of Puglia
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Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale DOCG

  • Min RS
  • Vinification
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  • Dolce Naturale, 100% Primitivo
  • min 50 g/l rs
  • Passito
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Primitivo di Manduria DOC

  • Styles
  • Aging requirements
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Primitivo di Manduria

  • Rosso/Riserva
  • 85% Primitivo, plus
  • Riserva - 2 yrs, 9 mo in wood
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2 DOCs that covers the bulk of Puglia

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  • Tavoliere dellle Puglie o Tavoliere (north of Bari)
  • Terra d’Otranto/ Neroamaro di Terra d’Otranto (south of Bari)
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Primitivo is a clone of what?

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Zinfandel

(now Tribidrag?)

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Puglia

Major soil

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Terra Rossa (ferrous clay and sand)

  • Topsoil over limestone
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Vigneti del Sud

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Vigneti del Sud

  • Puglian property of the Antinori estate
  • Made under the brand name Tormaresca
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Most Puglian white wine

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Consumed locally, or made into vermouth

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Most common reason for stuck fermentation in the south

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High temperatures

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Aging requirements for the 2 Riserva DOCGs of Puglia

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2 years, 1 in wood

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