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Cantine Menhir Pietra Primitivo Susumaniello Salento IGP

Notes of blueberries and fine spicy aromas offers this blend of Primitivo and Susumaniello, a typical Apulian grape-variety. The Primitivo grapes of the southern Italian red wine Cantine Menhir Pietra Salento IGP matured 12 months in oak barrels, the Susumaniello-grapes in stainless steel tanks. On the palate the wine is round, fine, full-bodied and with noticeable but nicely integrated tannins.

Enjoy this wine from Puglia, the "heel of the boot Italy" to fresh pasta with meat or mature cheeses. A wonderful wine of Cantine Menhir from the Salento peninsula.

Wine type:
Red wine
Taste:
semi dry
Vintage:
2021
Ageing Potential:
2026
Region:
Apulien , Salento
Country:
Italia
Vineyard/Brand :
Grape variety:
60% Primitivo
40% Susumaniello
Alcohol content:
15,0  % by volume
Total acidity:
6,0 g/l
Residual sugar:
11,1 g/l
pH:
3,64
Recommended drinking temperature:
16-18 °C
Filling quantity:
0,75 litres
Allergen:
contains Sulfite
Importeur/Abfüller:
Cantine Menhir Salento
Via Scarciglia 18
73027 Minervino di Lecce LE
Italien
Menhir Salento

Cantine Menhir ist ein noch sehr junges Weingut. Erst 2005 wurde es von Gaetano Marangelli gegründet und hat in bemerkenswert kurzer Zeit eine internationale Erfolgsgeschichte geschrieben. Cantine Menhir gilt bereits heute als eines der Vorzeige-Weingüter Apuliens in Italien.

Auf 30 Hektar werden in der fruchtbaren Küstenregion von Laghi Alimini Rebsorten angebaut. Dazu zählen mehr als 80 Jahre alte Primitivo-Reben.

Das Weingut versteht es, die Vorzüge und die Besonderheiten des süditalienischen Weinbaus in seinen Kreationen zu transportieren. Der Weinkeller befindet sich in einem antiken Gebäude aus dem 18. Jahrhundert. Im oberen Geschoss sind Büros untergebracht und im unteren Geschoss die Osteria „Origano – Osteria & Store“, wo apulische Spezialitäten mit ausschließlich natürlichen Zutaten vorbereitet und serviert werden.

Unter der Mitarbeit des Weinexperten Vincenzo Laera haben die Weine von Cantine Menhir mehrfach Qualitätssiegel erhalten. Cantine Menhir hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, die besonderen Charakteristiken des Weines aus Apulien zu erhalten.

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