Brindisi

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• The soils of the winegrowing area are mostly deep and clay-calcareous in the inland Salento, where the Brindisi DOC zone is located.
• The topsoil is notably deep, rich in organic matter, and low in calcium carbonate — characteristics that make it well suited to vine cultivation on American rootstocks.
• Even in drier vintages, the characteristics of these soils create optimal conditions for vine development, yielding a quality wine.
• The production zone for grapes destined for Brindisi DOC wines encompasses the entire administrative territory of the communes of Brindisi and Mesagne.
• The topography of the territory and the prevailing aspect of the vineyards, situated in areas with a strong vocation for vine cultivation, together contribute to a well-ventilated and luminous environment favourable to the vegetative and productive functions of the vine.

• The appellation traces its origins to historic producers in the communes of Brindisi and Mesagne who, from the early years of the twentieth century, were already producing red and rosé wines based on Negroamaro and Malvasia Nera, leading to the establishment of the DOC in 1976.
• Negroamaro is of ancient introduction, as cultivation in the southern part of Puglia was characterised almost exclusively by this variety from as early as the sixth century BC.
• The Apulian alberello — the training system most widely established in southern Italy and the islands — accounted for approximately 90% of the vineyard area until the 1980s, and has since been reduced to a maximum of 20%.

• Brindisi Rosso displays a ruby red colour of varying intensity, sometimes with brick-red hues developing with age, an ethereal, characteristic, and intense bouquet, and a full, velvety, and harmonious palate. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Brindisi Rosato spumante shows a fine and persistent mousse, a delicate and fruity nose with notes of yeast, and a fresh and harmonious palate, ranging from extra brut to extra dry. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

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Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0543
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Tutela Vini DOC Brindisi e DOC Squinzano