Aleatico Dolce Negrino 1999

Leone de Castris (Italy)

(Apulia)

Aleatico
Sweet Wine	Score: ✧✧✧

The wine shows a soft ruby red color and nuances of garnet red, moderate transparency. The nose reveals a pretty complex personality mainly oriented to jam aromas and dried flowers. The main characteristic is a pleasing and intense aroma of strawberry jam and black cherry jam followed by aromas of dried rose and dried geranium. The mouth denotes a pleasing and intense flavor of strawberry jam and a good correspondence to the nose. The wine is intense, tannins are clearly perceivable although well balanced by alcohol. The finish is persistent with firm flavors of strawberry jam. Negrino is produced in the best vintages only by allowing grapes to dry on the vine and if made by macerating skins at low temperature for 7-8 days.

Alcohol: 15%

Dried fruit tarts, Fruit tarts

Suggested glass	14 °C (57 °F)
(Sweet Wines)

November 2002

Pierale 2001

Leone de Castris (Italy)

(Apulia)

Moscato Bianco
Sweet Wine	Score: ✧✧✧

The wine shows a beautiful deep straw yellow color, very transparent. The nose has a very rich and intense series of Muscat's typical aromas as well as aromas of apricot, banana, candies, fruit candy, litchi, marzipan and peach followed by nice hints of mint. The mouth has a distinct sweet flavor and a nice roundness, well balanced, it is intense with a good correspondence with the nose. The finish is persistent with evident and pleasing flavors of litchi, peach and grape as well as a little sweet flavor. The grapes used to make Pierale are allowed to dry in the vine and the must obtained is fermented at a low temperature.

Alcohol: 12.5%

Pastry, Cream tarts, Fruit tarts

Suggested glass	12 °C (53 °F)
(Sweet Wines)

Issue 3, December 2002

Primitivo di Manduria Villa Santera 2000

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Primitivo di Manduria (Apulia)

Primitivo
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧

The wine shows a ruby red color, little transparency. The nose reveals an olfactory profile of ripe fruit, pretty personal, mainly oriented to fruit aromas such as blueberry and plum followed by wet feather and hints of toasted wood. The attack to the mouth is pretty alcoholic however well balanced by tannins, good correspondence to the nose and good body. The finish is persistent with flavors of plum. This wine is produced by long maceration of the skins followed by a 7-8 months of aging in cask.

Alcohol: 14%

Broiled meat and barbecue, Roasted meat, Hard cheese

Suggested glass	17 °C (62 °F)
(Bodied or Mature Red Wines)

November 2002

Primitivo di Manduria Villa Santera 2004

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Primitivo di Manduria (Apulia)

Primitivo
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✭

This Primitivo shows an intense ruby red color and nuances of ruby red, little transparency. The nose denotes intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas that start with hints of plum and blackberry followed by aromas of blueberry, black cherry, violet, vanilla, licorice and carob. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a slightly tannic attack and however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors. The finish is persistent with flavors of plum and blackberry. Primitivo Santera ages for 7-8 months in cask.

Alcohol: 14%

Broiled meat and barbecue, Roasted meat, Stewed meat with mushrooms

Suggested glass	18 °C (64 °F)
(Bodied or Mature Red Wines)

March 2006

Salento Five Roses 2005

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento (Apulia)

Negroamaro (90%), Malvasia Nera di Lecce (10%)
Rose Wine	Score: ✧✧✧

This wine shows a brilliant salmon pink color and nuances of pale pink, transparent. The nose denotes intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas which start with hints of raspberry, strawberry and cherry followed by aromas of peach, cyclamen and plum. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a crisp attack and however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors, agreeable. The finish is persistent with flavors of strawberry, raspberry and cherry. Five Roses ages in steel tanks.

Alcohol: 13%

Pasta with meat and fish, Broiled fish, Boiled meat

Suggested glass	14 °C (57 °F)
(Bodied and Mature Rose Wines)

March 2006

Salento Five Roses Anniversario 2001

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento (Apulia)

Negroamaro (80%), Malvasia Nera di Lecce (20%)
Rose Wine	Score: ✧✧✭

This wine was created in occasion of the 50th anniversary of the first release of Five Roses, the first rose wine bottled in Italy in 1943. The wine shows a beautiful deep pink color with nuances of soft pink. At the nose the wine reveals an olfactory profile mainly of fruit with intense aromas of cherry, strawberry, raspberry as well as a hint of rose and almond. In the mouth it is balanced and has good body as well as intense flavors. Alcohol is clearly perceivable and is balanced by the wine's crispness. The finish is persistent with pleasing flavors of strawberry and raspberry and hints of almonds. The wine is produced with maceration of skins for few hours and a temperature controlled fermentation.

Alcohol: 13.5%

Pasta and risotto with meat, Soups, Boiled meat

Suggested glass	14 °C (57 °F)
(Bodied and Mature Rose Wines)

October 2002

Salento Five Roses Anniversario 2005

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento (Apulia)

Negroamaro (80%), Malvasia Nera di Lecce (20%)
Rose Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧❂

This wine shows a brilliant salmon pink color and nuances of pale pink, transparent. The nose denotes intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas which start with hints of cherry, raspberry and peach followed by aromas of strawberry, blueberry, pomegranate, plum, cyclamen and hawthorn. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a crisp attack and pleasing roundness, however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors. The finish is persistent with flavors of raspberry, cherry and plum. Five Rose Anniversario ages in steel tanks.

Alcohol: 13%

Pasta with meat and fish, Roasted fish, Roasted white meat, Mushrooms soups

Suggested glass	14 °C (57 °F)
(Bodied and Mature Rose Wines)

Issue 40, April 2006

Salento Il Lemos 1998

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento (Apulia)

Primitivo (50%), Negroamaro (10%), Montepulciano (20%), Merlot (20%)
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧

The wine shows a beautiful ruby red color with nuances of garnet red, moderate transparency. The nose is rich and intense, very clean and elegant. The main aromas that can be recognized in this wine are black cherry, plum jam, black-currant jam followed by aromas of wood, vanilla, leather, chocolate and toffee. The mouth has good elegance and personality with a good correspondence with the nose. Intense and full bodied, alcohol in good balance with tannins and with sapidity, this wine has a persistent finish with flavors of black cherry jam and plum jam. A good and well done wine. Il Lemos is aged in cask for about 18 months.

Alcohol: 14.5%

Stewed meat, Roasted meat, Hard cheese

Suggested glass	17 °C (62 °F)
(Bodied or Mature Red Wines)

Issue 3, December 2002

Salento Il Lemos 2001

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento (Apulia)

Primitivo (50%), Negroamaro (10%), Montepulciano (20%), Merlot (20%)
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧

This wine shows an intense ruby red color and nuances of garnet red, little transparency. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas that start with hints of black cherry, plum and blackberry followed by aromas of raspberry, blueberry, violet, vanilla, pink pepper and carob. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a tannic attack and however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors. The finish is persistent with flavors of black cherry, plum and blueberry. Il Lemos ages for about 14 months in barrique.

Alcohol: 13.5%

Roasted meat, Braised meat, Hard cheese

Suggested glass	18 °C (64 °F)
(Bodied or Mature Red Wines)

Issue 40, April 2006

Salento Messere Andrea 1999

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento (Apulia)

Negroamaro (85%), Cabernet Sauvignon (15%)
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✭

The wine shows a beautiful and intense ruby red color and nuances of garnet red, little transparency. The nose reveals a good and clean olfactory profile, with aromas of black cherry, raspberry and plum jam followed by aromas of licorice, violet, dried rose, vanilla and hints of toasted wood and coffee. The attack to the mouth is pretty tannic and alcoholic, however balanced and with good correspondence to the nose and of good body. The finish is persistent with clean and pleasing flavors of black cherry, plum jam and dried rose. Messere Andrea is produced by a long maceration of skins followed by a 12 month aging in barrique.

Alcohol: 14%

Roasted meat, Hard cheese, Broiled meat and barbecue

Suggested glass	18 °C (64 °F)
(Bodied or Mature Red Wines)

November 2002

Salento Messere Andrea 2002

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento (Apulia)

Negroamaro (85%), Cabernet Sauvignon (15%)
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧

The wine shows an intense ruby red color and nuances of ruby red, little transparency. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas which start with hints of plum, blackberry and black cherry followed by aromas of blueberry, violet, vanilla, cyclamen, licorice and carob. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a tannic attack and however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors. The finish is persistent with flavors of plum and black cherry. Messere Andrea ages for about 12 months in barrique.

Alcohol: 13.5%

Broiled meat and barbecue, Roasted meat, Stewed meat, Hard cheese

Suggested glass	18 °C (64 °F)
(Bodied or Mature Red Wines)

Issue 40, April 2006

Salento Negroamaro Elo Veni 2003

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento (Apulia)

Negroamaro
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✭

This wine shows an intense ruby red color and nuances of ruby red, little transparency. The nose denotes intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas which start with hints of black cherry, plum and violet followed by aromas of blueberry, raspberry, blackberry and carob. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a tannic attack and however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors. The finish is persistent with flavors of black cherry and plum. Elo Veni ages for 12 months in cask followed by 3 months of aging in bottle.

Alcohol: 13%

Broiled meat and barbecue, Roasted meat, Stewed meat

Suggested glass	18 °C (64 °F)
(Bodied or Mature Red Wines)

March 2006

Salento Primitivo La Rena 2000

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento (Apulia)

Primitivo
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✭

The wine has a ruby red color and nuances of garnet red, moderate transparency. The nose mainly denotes fruit aromas such as black cherry, plum and ripe fruit as well as hints of vanilla. In the mouth is intense and has good body, with tannins well balanced by alcohol. The finish is persistent with flavors of plum. This wine is ages for about 12 months in casks.

Alcohol: 13.5%

Pasta with elaborated sauces, Broiled meat and barbecue, Roasted meat

Suggested glass	18 °C (64 °F)
(Bodied or Mature Red Wines)

November 2002

Salento Sauvignon Vigna Case Alte 2001

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento (Apulia)

Sauvignon Blanc
White Wine	Score: ✧✧✧

The wine shows an intense straw yellow color and nuances of straw yellow, very transparent. Intensity of aromas is not very high, however they are elegant and of good personality. Aromas are mainly oriented to fruit such as citrus fruit, bread crust, yeast, honey, pear and grapefruit. The attack in the mouth is slightly bitter and crisp, a sensation which is balanced by alcohol. The finish is persistent with evident flavors of pear, honey and grapefruit. This wine is produced with temperature controlled fermentation in steel containers.

Alcohol: 13%

Fish appetizers, Light pasta and risotto, Mushroom soups

Suggested glass	10 °C (50 °F)
(Young and Crisp White Wines)

November 2002

Salento Sauvignon Vigna Case Alte 2005

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento (Apulia)

Sauvignon Blanc
White Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✭

The wine shows an intense greenish yellow color and nuances of greenish yellow, very transparent. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas that start with hints of peach and pineapple followed by aromas of elder, acacia, apple, pear and broom. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a crisp attack and however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors, agreeable. The finish is persistent with flavors of peach, pineapple and pear. This Sauvignon Blanc ages for 5 months in steel tanks.

Alcohol: 12.5%

Dairy products, Fish appetizers, Vegetables soups, Pasta with vegetables and crustaceans

Suggested glass	10 °C (50 °F)
(Young and Crisp White Wines)

March 2006

Salento Verdeca Messapia 2001

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento (Apulia)

Verdeca
White Wine	Score: ✧✧✭

The wine shows an intense straw yellow color and nuances of greenish yellow, very transparent. The nose mainly reveals fruit aromas such as citrus fruit, kiwi, lemon, almond, apple and pear and hints of broom and yeast. In the mouth is intense and balanced, with good correspondence to the nose. The finish is pretty persistent with flavors of almonds and apples. This wine is produced with fermentation at low temperature.

Alcohol: 13%

Fish, Risotto, Pasta with fish

Suggested glass	10 °C (50 °F)
(Young and Crisp White Wines)

November 2002

Salento Verdeca Messapia 2005

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento (Apulia)

Verdeca
White Wine	Score: ✧✧✧

This wine shows a brilliant greenish yellow color and nuances of greenish yellow, very transparent. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas which start with hints of citrus fruits and pear followed by aromas of hawthorn, pineapple, broom, apple and peach. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a crisp attack and however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors. The finish is persistent with flavors of pear, peach and pineapple. Messapia ages for 5 months in steel tanks.

Alcohol: 12.5%

Fish and crustaceans appetizers, Pasta and risotto with dish and crustaceans

Suggested glass	10 °C (50 °F)
(Young and Crisp White Wines)

March 2006

Salice Salentino Bianco Donna Lisa 2001

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salice Salentino (Apulia)

Chardonnay
White Wine	Score: ✧✧✧

This wine shows a deep straw yellow color with nuances of straw yellow, very transparent. The nose reveals good aromas of wood and vanilla followed by ripe banana, coffee, yeast, ripe apple, grapefruit and toasted. The mouth has a good correspondence to the nose and the attack is characterized by a flavor of wood which also let other flavors to express. The wine is intense, crisp and balanced, having good body. The finish is persistent with pleasing flavors of ripe apple and ripe banana and hints of vanilla and toasted. This wine is produced by fermenting the must in barrique and aged for 9-10 months.

Alcohol: 13%

Roasted fish, White meat, Pasta and risotto

Suggested glass	11 °C (51 °F)
(Bodied and Mature White Wines)

November 2002

Salice Salentino Bianco Donna Lisa 2004

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salice Salentino (Apulia)

Chardonnay
White Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧

Donna Lisa Bianco shows an intense golden yellow color and nuances of golden yellow, very transparent. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas which start with hints of apple, plum and pear followed by aromas of citrus fruits, hawthorn, broom, pineapple, peach, vanilla and grapefruit. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a crisp attack and pleasing roundness, however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors. The finish is persistent with flavors of apple, plum and pear. This wine ages for about 9 months in barrique.

Alcohol: 12.5%

Stuffed pasta, Mushrooms soups, Broiled fish, Roasted white meat

Suggested glass	12 °C (53 °F)
(Bodied and Mature White Wines)

Issue 40, April 2006

Salice Salentino Rosso Riserva 1999

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salice Salentino (Apulia)

Negroamaro (90%), Malvasia Nera di Lecce (10%)
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✭

The wine has a beautiful ruby red color with nuances of garnet red, moderate transparency. The nose denotes a good richness of aromas, intense, clean and elegant. The aromas that can be perceived in this wine are of ripe cherry, black cherry jam, plum jam, blackberry, black-currant, licorice and vanilla with hints of cocoa, coffee and light aromas of tar and leather. In the mouth has a good correspondence with the nose; the attack is intense and fruity with a good balance between alcohol and tannins. The finish is persistent with pleasing flavors of blackberry and black cherry jam. This reserve wine is produced with maceration at controlled temperature followed by refinement in cask.

Alcohol: 14%

Roasted meat, Hard cheese, Braised meat

Suggested glass	18 °C (64 °F)
(Full Bodied and Very Mature Red Wines)

Issue 3, December 2002

Salice Salentino Rosso Riserva 2002

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salice Salentino (Apulia)

Negroamaro (90%), Malvasia Nera di Lecce (10%)
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✭

The wine shows an intense ruby red color and nuances of ruby red, little transparency. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas which start with hints of black cherry and blackberry followed by aromas of blueberry, plum, violet, vanilla and hints of rubber. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a slightly tannic attack and however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors. The finish is persistent with flavors of black cherry and blackberry. This Salice Salentino Reserve ages for 12 months in cask.

Alcohol: 13%

Roasted meat, Stewed and braised meat with mushrooms, Hard cheese

Suggested glass	18 °C (64 °F)
(Bodied or Mature Red Wines)

Issue 40, April 2006

Salice Salentino Rosso Riserva Donna Lisa 1998

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salice Salentino (Apulia)

Negroamaro, Malvasia Nera di Lecce
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧

This wine shows a ruby red color and nuances of garnet red, moderate transparency. The nose denotes clean aromas with a good correspondence to the mouth. There can be perceived aromas of black cherry, chocolate, cherry jam, plum jam, raspberry, plum and black currant followed by hints of vanilla. In the mouth is intense and of good body, the attack is pretty tannic although well balanced by alcohol. The finish is persistent with flavors of plum jam and black cherry. The wine is produced by macerating skins for at least 1e days followed by 18-20 months of aging in barrique.

Alcohol: 14%

Roasted meat, Hard cheese, Braised meat, Stewed meat

Suggested glass	18 °C (64 °F)
(Full Bodied and Very Mature Red Wines)

November 2002

Salice Salentino Rosso Riserva Donna Lisa 2001

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salice Salentino (Apulia)

Negroamaro (90%), Malvasia Nera di Lecce (10%)
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧

This wine shows an intense ruby red color and nuances of garnet red, little transparency. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas which start with hints of black cherry, plum and blackberry followed by aromas of blueberry, violet, raspberry, vanilla, licorice, cocoa and mace. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a tannic attack and however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors. The finish is persistent with flavors of plum and black cherry. Donna Lisa Rosso Riserva ages for about 18 months in barrique.

Alcohol: 13.5%

Roasted meat, Braised and stewed meat with mushrooms, Hard cheese

Suggested glass	18 °C (64 °F)
(Full Bodied and Very Mature Red Wines)

Issue 40, April 2006

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Leone de Castris

Apulia (Italy)

Aleatico Dolce Negrino 1999

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Pierale 2001

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Primitivo di Manduria Villa Santera 2000

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Primitivo di Manduria Villa Santera 2004

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento Five Roses 2005

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento Five Roses Anniversario 2001

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento Five Roses Anniversario 2005

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento Il Lemos 1998

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento Il Lemos 2001

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento Messere Andrea 1999

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento Messere Andrea 2002

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento Negroamaro Elo Veni 2003

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento Primitivo La Rena 2000

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento Sauvignon Vigna Case Alte 2001

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento Sauvignon Vigna Case Alte 2005

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento Verdeca Messapia 2001

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salento Verdeca Messapia 2005

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salice Salentino Bianco Donna Lisa 2001

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salice Salentino Bianco Donna Lisa 2004

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salice Salentino Rosso Riserva 1999

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salice Salentino Rosso Riserva 2002

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salice Salentino Rosso Riserva Donna Lisa 1998

Leone de Castris (Italy)

Salice Salentino Rosso Riserva Donna Lisa 2001

Leone de Castris (Italy)