Borgo dei Trulli Salice Salentino DOP

Additional information

Origin	Italy, Puglia
Main grapes	Negroamaro
Other grapes	Malvasia Nera
Vintage	2020
Bottle sizes	75cl

Description

Borgo dei Trulli Salice Salentino is a red wine made from grapes sourced from low-yielding vineyards in the Province of Lecce, in southern Puglia. It is a blend of 90% Negramaro and 10% Malvasia Nera. It is bottled as a Salice Salentino DOP or Denominazione di Origine Protteta.

Masseria Borgo dei Trulli

Masseria Borgo dei Trulli, to give it its full name, is a new wine venture made by Orion Wines, a company created to bring together interesting wines from small growers and wineries from all over Italy. The company was created by Luca Pomaro and winemaker Alessandro Michelon with the premise of producing wines from indigenous grapes that express the typicity of the particular region where they are grown. The Masseria Borgo dei Trulli estate is located in the heart of Salento and is owned and managed by Orion wines with Alessandro Michelon as head winemaker. Around 80% of wine produced at the estate is red wine produced from Negroamaro and Primitivo, with some white wine, including Vermentino.

Borgo dei Trulli Salice Salentino Winemaking

The Negroamaro and Malvasia Nera grapes for the Borgo dei Trulli Salice Salentino DOP come from low-yielding vines with an average age of 15 to 20 years. The harvest is in late September. After harvest, the grapes are destemmed, but not crushed, to reduce damage to the skins and optimise colour extraction.

Co-fermentation of the two grape varieties in stainless steel vats.
Frequent remontage (pumping over) and délestage (rack-and-return) to aerate the wine and ensure soft extraction of aromas and gentle tannins.
Malolactic fermentation is conducted in oak barrels.
80% of the wine rests in stainless steel vats.
20% of the wine ages in second- and third-fill 500L oak tonneaux barrels for 8 months.
Final blending of all wine components before bottling.

Masseria Borgo dei Trulli is named after the traditional Apulian dry stone huts with a conical roof. These are known as a “trullo” or “trulli” in the plural and feature in the brand logo.