50 Vecchie Vigne, Negroamaro Salento IGT , 0.75L 14.5%, Cignomoro Winery, Puglia

Product detailed description

Quiet red wine obtained from grapes grown in Salento on vineyards approximately 50 years old. Hints of cherries with spicy notes of nutmeg and fresh pepper. On the palate it is full, luxurious, with a slightly tannic and harmonious finish. Intense ruby ​​color with garnet highlights. The nose is complex with notes of black cherry and cassis joined by spicy notes of cinnamon, nutmeg and fresh pepper and tertiary aromas of leather, dark chocolate and coffee. The palate is full, sumptuous, with alcohol tending to complement the tannic roughness. Long and with a roasted finish. Cignomoro Winery  from the southern Italian region of Apulia has developed a special edition of wines in an elegant presentation. Bottles are  heavier, more robust. The vineyard management system is Alberello Pugliese, which means small trees, bushes that belong to the Mediterranean culture, an ancient system that belongs to the viticulture of Apulia, the planting density is 4000 seedlings per 1ha. The grapes are picked at the end of September, followed by aging in barriques for 6 months and then 4 months in the bottle. 

Why do we like it?

A distinctive, full-bodied wine that will be appreciated by lovers of southern Italian red wines. Wine is also suitable to drink without pairing with food. 

Manufacturer

When they founded Cignomoro in 2008, they had  clear ideas: to question the homologation of flavors and breathe life into Apulian wines that are unique, elegant and harmonious with every sip. This is also why  are called  "boutique winery": every single bottle is part of a limited production, almost pampered, personally cared for from the bunch to the sip to amaze the taste buds that are not satisfied. They decided  believe in the region of Apulia  and in the most authentic wine: so the most modern winemaking techniques adopt ancient practices that are almost rituals, such as manual grape harvesting. With honor, they feel like courageous guardians of an ancient land, without compromise. Cignomoro is a boutique winery in the heart of Puglia.  The emphasis is on  the care, the uniqueness of the artisanal procedures carried out with love and observed in every single process, from the vineyard to the glass. Cignomoro wine soon stands out for its elegance, balance, finesse, harmony, with which it makes its uniqueness stand out. Cignomoro is not just a winery, it is a method, a choice and a cestopism. Because they decided to take  take us by the hand on a journey through time, in search of ancient flavors, in an experience based on love and passion for the land of Puglia and its most authentic and too often forgotten flavors.

Salento and red wines: if vines were already grown in Salento in the countryside of Manduria in the seventh to sixth centuries BC, there is a reason: the "mare nostrum" with its perfect microclimate caresses the grapes and turns them into a masterpiece. Therefore, it has  the vines have their roots in the "red land" overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and produce red wines that are a synthesis of this perfect marriage. Try closing your eyes and tasting a glass of Primitiva, Negroamara or Susumaniella: close your eyes and you will feel the sun, the sea, the vast trees, the red and calcareous soil and the people who have been cultivating it expertly for millennia.

Apulia and its white wines, a story of wonder: The Itria Valley, the pearl of Apulia, is a place where you can embrace the sea with a single glance from the hill: a poetry that naturally permeates every glass of wine grown in this land