Salice Salentino DOC Maiana Rosato 2019 - Leone de Castris

Color: Cherry pink.
Smell: The nose is rich in floral and fruity cherry notes.
Taste: In the mouth it is fresh, full and persistent.
Food pairing: It is recommended to combine it with risotto and shellfish, fish, salami and pizza.

Soil: Medium texture.
Breeding system: Apulian sapling.
Plant density: 7000 plants per hectare.
Average age of the vineyard: 30 years.
Harvest: First ten days of September.
Yield per hectare: 80 quintals.
Vification: After a short maceration, the must is extracted from the grapes. The latter, after settling, is fermented at low temperatures in steel vats.
Aging: Minimum 2 months in steel.
Bottle aging: Minimum 1 month.

Leone de Castris

The Leone de Castris farm, born in 1665, began bottling its products in 1925 and in 1943 it was the first to create and bottle a rosé wine sold in Italy and the USA: the Five Roses. This wine today as then is the standard bearer of this company, with firm roots in Puglia, which has the aim of enhancing the products of the territory by making them known in Europe and in the world. of quality of Salento.