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What: From Negroamaro grapes in Salento
Why: For intense flavour and great structure
Perfect with: Red meat dishes, game, mature cheeses and first courses with meat sauces
What: From Negroamaro grapes in Salento
Why: For intense flavour and great structure
Perfect with: Red meat dishes, game, mature cheeses and first courses with meat sauces
Italy
Menhir salento spa via salvatore negr snc 73020 Bagnolo del Salento
Its secret? The warm sun of Salento. It is thanks to it, to its warm rays, that the Negroamaro grape bunches manage to reach full ripeness. And from them comes the Terra d'Otranto DOC Pepe, by Cantina Menhir. The locality is Minervino di Lecce, where the soils are clayey-sandy, with calcareous rock. An ideal habitat for this vine. A wine characterised by a strong personality and an unmistakable Mediterranean character, the grapes come from vineyards with an average age of 10 years, trained by spurred cordon. Manual harvesting begins in the second week of September, when the grapes reach perfect ripeness. This is followed by fermentation with maceration at a controlled temperature that favours the production of the typical aromas and flavours of Negroamaro. The wine is also not aged in wood, to preserve its freshness and vitality. In the Pepe glass it has a beautiful intense ruby red colour with garnet hues. The nose offers a rich bouquet of wild berries, such as blackberry and black cherry. Then spicy notes of cloves and black pepper, complemented by a fresh note of mint. In the mouth, the wine is vigorous and enveloping, with soft tannins and a lingering finish. Perfect with red meat dishes, it also holds up well with game and mature cheeses. Try it with a tagliata of beef with herbs or scaloppine alla pizzaiola.
Menhir was born in the early 2000s from the dream of Gaetano Marangelli, an Apulian agricultural entrepreneur with a passion for his land and its indigenous grape varieties. From a small business project, in the space of 'relatively' few years, Menhir has transformed itself into a reference wine reality, with a production of over a million bottles that carry the name of Apulia throughout the world. The beating heart of Menhir are the native Apulian vines, such as Negroamaro, Primitivo, Susumaniello and Malvasia Nerai, cultivated with respect for the land and according to the principles of sustainability. Menhir is inspired by the winemaking tradition of Apulia, reinterpreting it in a modern and innovative way. In fact, the company invests in cutting-edge technology and sustainable farming practices to produce wines of the highest quality that reflect the region's unique terroir.
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