Salice Salentino Bianco DOP


Tasting Notes
The Salice Salentino Bianco is a fragrant, versatile white wine. It offers elegant and rich aromas of grass and fresh fruit. Dry and soft with a medium body and a pleasant acidity. Particularly well suited to accompany white meat dishes, cold cuts and all sorts of seafood dishes.
Winery |
Apollonio |
Region |
Puglia |
Varietal |
80% Chardonnay, 20% Sauvignon |
Location of Vineyards |
Salice, Veglie, Guagnano, San Pancrazio, San Donaci |
Type of Planting |
Traditional |
Soil |
Calcareous-Clay |
Type of Cultivation |
Guyot |
Vinification |
Grapes are harvested by hand when the grapes are fully ripe. In order to obtain a good structure, harvest is delayed so as to facilitate the concentration of sugar and extractive substances. Soft pressing, followed by fermentation in temperature-controlled steel tanks for about 2 weeks. |
Aging |
Aged in acacia barrels for 3 months. Bottling takes place in February. |
Alcohol Content |
12% |
Total Production |
10,000 bottles |
Oenologist |
Massimiliano Apollonio |