Due Palme Salice Salentino Montecoco 2020

	sultry, southern Italian red wine
	from Salice Salentino, Puglia
	blend of negroamaro and malvasia nera
	aged in French barriques

Tasting note Due Palme Montecoco

Wonderfully smooth, round southern Italian wine. Bright red in color, with a mild spicy aroma and nuances of candied red fruit. The taste starts smoothly and balanced and ends slightly fresh and round in the aftertaste. Good to combine with lightly spiced dishes, pasta and pizza. Drink now and keep well up to four years after harvest.

Description

Salice Salentino, with its red clay soils, warm climate and cooling sea influence, is one of the most famous appellations of the southern Italian wine region of Puglia. The DOC owes its reputation to its elegant but also robust red wines from the Negroamaro grape.

The Montecoco of Cantine Due Palme also consists mainly of negroamaro, supplemented with a little malvasia nera. The grapes are harvested optimally ripe, and after fermentation, the wine ripens for half a year on French oak barriques.

Juiciness, roundness and warmth, that is what characterizes the Montecoco. Despite the warm climate and the wood aging, the wine is wonderfully smooth and drinkable. Drink it with grilled meat, for example, or with classic parmigiana di melanzane (eggplant with Parmesan).