Salice Salentino (wine)

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Salice Salentino DOC is a name for various Italian white , rosé , red and sparkling wines from the southern Italian provinces of Lecce and Brindisi , Apulia . The wines have had a "controlled designation of origin " ( Denominazione di origine controllata - DOC) since 1976 , which was last updated on March 7, 2014.

Cultivation

The cultivation and vinification of the wines are permitted in the following municipalities:

generation

The denomination allows the following types of wine:

Blending wines
  • Salice Salentino Rosso and Salice Salentino Rosato : The wines must consist of at least 75% Negroamaro grapes . A maximum of 25% other red grape varieties that are approved for cultivation in the Puglia region may be added.
  • Salice Salentino Bianco : The wine must consist of at least 70% Chardonnay grapes . A maximum of 30% other white grape varieties approved for cultivation in the Apulia region may be added - with the exception of Moscato bianco and Moscatello selvatico.
almost single origin wines
  • at least 85% of the named grape variety must be included. A maximum of 15% other analogous grape varieties that are approved for cultivation in the Apulia region may be added:
  • at least 90% Negroamaro must be included. A maximum of 10% other red grape varieties that are approved for cultivation in the Apulia region may be added.
    • Salice Salentino Rosso Negroamaro
    • Salice Salentino Rosato Negroamaro

description

According to the denomination (excerpt):

Red wine (Salice Salentino Rosso)

The wine is aged in tanks for at least eight months. However, quality providers allow the wine to mature in different containers for three to four years. If the wine has been stored for at least two years, it can be labeled Riserva . In contrast to the Spanish Reserva , the Italian Riserva does not specify where the wine must mature. So steel tanks, wooden barrels or just bottles can be used. However, high-quality Salice Salentino Riserva are usually matured in wooden barrels and, depending on the quality level, can be stored for five to ten years or more with the buyer.

  • Color: more or less ruby ​​red - tends to garnet red with increasing maturity
  • Smell: pleasant and intense
  • Taste: full, dry or sweet, strong but velvety, warm, harmonious
  • Alcohol content: at least 12.0  % by volume
  • Acidity : at least 4.5 g / l
  • Dry extract: at least 24.0 g / l
  • Residual sugar : maximum 10.0 g / l

Rosé wine (Salice Salentino Rosato)

The wine is aged for at least eight months to a year (at twelve months it can be called Prodotto Invecchiato ) in tanks. The wine should be drunk young, but can be stored for about two years.

  • Color: more or less intense pink
  • Smell: delicate and pleasantly fruity
  • Taste: dry or sweet, fresh and harmonious
  • Alcohol content: at least 11.5  % by volume
  • Acidity : at least 4.5 g / l
  • Dry extract: at least 19.0 g / l
  • Residual sugar : maximum 10.0 g / l

White wine (Salice Salentino Bianco)

  • Color: more or less intense straw yellow, which can have greenish reflections
  • Smell: delicate and pleasantly fruity when the wine is young
  • Taste: dry or sweet, fresh and harmonious
  • Alcohol content: at least 11.0  % by volume
  • Acidity : at least 4.5 g / l
  • Dry extract: at least 15.0 g / l
  • Residual sugar : maximum 10 g / l

literature

  • Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 3rd revised edition, 1st edition. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .
  • Burton Anderson: Atlas of Italian Wines . Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-444-10372-7 .
  • Valeria Camaschella (Ed.): Lexicon of Italian Wines - All DOCG & DOC wines . Hallwag, Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7742-0756-9 , p. 264 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Disciplinare di Produzione della Denominazione di Origine Controllata (production regulations and description). (PDF) In: ismeamercati.it. November 27, 2017, accessed July 25, 2018 (Italian).