Salice Salentino

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Mesozoic carbonate bedrock overlain by Miocene calcarenites, Pliocene and Pleistocene clayey and sandy sediments.
• Five named geological formations: from the Calcari di Altamura (Cretaceous) to the Terraced Marine Deposits (middle-upper Pleistocene).
• Deep, clay-calcareous soils in the DOC hinterland, rich in organic matter and low in calcium carbonate.
• In the Basso Salento, soils are shallower and reddish, with outcrops of calcareous rock.
• The depth of the soils ensures optimal conditions for the vine even in the driest vintages.

• Negroamaro has been cultivated in Salento since the 6th century BC; the DOC was established in 1976 on the basis of wines already produced since the 1930s.
• Alberello pugliese: traditional low-vigor training system with row spacing of 1.60–1.80 m and in-row spacing of 1.00–1.10 m; vineyards averaging over thirty years of age.

• The deep, clay-calcareous soils of the hinterland, by virtue of their depth and organic richness, ensure optimal conditions for the vine even in drought years.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0567
• Official trade body site — Consorzio di Tutela Vini DOP Salice Salentino