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The event dedicated to Menhir Salento winery of Minervino, in province of Lecce, has been an extraordinary opportunity to understand the charm of wines from Salento, narrated by six wines, all of them produced with the typical indigenous varieties of Apulia and of this territory. To the event took part Ms. Floriana Antonazzo - representing Menhir Salento winery - who narrated the enological characteristics of Salento as well as focusing the uniqueness of the wines tasted in the course of the event and the grapes used for their production. A unique and extraordinary occasion, in fact, for tasting wines produced with Verdeca, Fiano, Primitivo, Negroamaro, Malvasia Nera and Susumaniello, a variety getting more and more attention from producers of Salento and capable of giving wines of precious personality. The evening started with a white wine produced with a typical grape of Apulia: Verdeca 2018. Direct and crisp wine, with a pleasing acidity, give the nose aromas recalling citrus fruits and flowers, enriched to the taste by an evident minerality. The event continues with the second white wine of the evening - Pass-O 2018 - produced with 100% Fiano, offering an interesting interpretation of the potentials of this extraordinary white berried grape in Salento. To the nose gives aromas of fruits with pleasing perceptions recalling tropical fruits, in the mouth is the confirmation of the solid and structured nature typical in Fiano wines. The enology of Salento is intimately associated to the production of rose wines, a wine style which - of course - could not be missed in this event. The third wine of the evening has in fact been Pietra Rosato 2018, made from Primitivo and Susumaniello grapes, with pleasing aromas of small wild berries, a wine of pleasing crispness in which the personality of both grapes is evident and intact. It is then the turn of the only appellation wine of the evening: Salice Salentino Rosso Numero 0 2018, produced with Negroamaro and Malvasia Nera, aged in barrique for three months. This red wine gives an immediate and direct interpretation of Salice Salentino, in which is favored the expression of flowers and fruits, without sacrificing the identity of both grapes and the territory. A wine which received a remarkable interest from participants has been the fifth wine of this event - Pietra Susumaniello 2017 - in which this particular Apulian variety impressed for its remarkable personality of vegetable sensations as well as pleasing aromas of fruits, qualities evidently favored by the vinification in steel tanks. The evening ended with Calamuri 2015, produced with 100% Primitivo and coming from a 80 years old vineyard, aged for 12 months in French and American oak barriques. Rich, powerful, of charming roundness, to the nose and mouth expresses a full sensorial profile of blackberry, plum and black cherry, enriched by tertiary sensations in which can be recognized chocolate, tobacco and the pleasing balsamic touch of menthol. The sensorial tasting of wines has been conducted by Antonello Biancalana - DiWineTaste chief editor - who has also curated, as usual, the creation of the food paired to the wines of Menhir Salento winery and made by Locanda dei Golosi's kitchen, led by Chef Emiliano Buccolini.
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