Mottura
Negroamaro del Salento Rosone 2024
| Denomination | IGT Salento |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Area | Apulia (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Negro Amaro |
| Aging | 8-10 months in first-use French oak barriques. |
- Origin and variety: 100% Negroamaro from Salento, 2024 harvest
- Alcohol content and format: Still red wine at 14.5% ABV in a 0.75 litre bottle
- Vinification process: Cold maceration with saignée, pump-overs and délestage
- Ageing in wood: 8-10 months in first-use French oak barriques
- Characteristics and pairings: Notes of wild berries and vanilla, suitable for barbecues and cheeses
Description
What kind of wine it is
Rosone Negroamaro by Mottura is a red wine that elegantly interprets the distinctive characteristics of Salento. To the eye, it displays an intense red colour enriched with garnet reflections. The aromatic bouquet is clear, dominated by notes of wild berries and hints of Mediterranean scrub, enhanced by a sweet spiciness of vanilla. On the palate, it offers a full and robust sip, balanced by a pleasant softness that leads to a distinctly fruity and persistent finish.
Where it comes from
The grapes ripen in the north of the province of Lecce, an area of Salento characterised by a warm and dry climate, ideal for expressing the Negroamaro grape variety. The vineyards are cultivated using the traditional bush vine system, which ensures low yields and a high concentration of aromas. The vines sink their roots into calcareous and clay soils, essential components that give the wine an intense colour depth and a solid structure capable of supporting the entire tasting evolution.
How it is produced
The harvest is carried out by hand at the end of September, when the bunches reach slight overripeness. Vinification includes cold maceration with saignée and the use of indigenous yeasts for fermentation at a controlled temperature. The extraction of aromas and colour is managed through pumping over and délestage. Subsequently, the wine matures for eight to ten months in first-passage French oak barrels, a crucial period for integrating complex spicy notes and carefully smoothing the tannin texture.
History and Curiosities
The label depicts the rose window of Apulian Baroque churches, an infinite circle symbolising eternity. This tribute accompanies the story of Mottura winery, founded in 1927 in Salento by Pasquale Mottura. Having evolved from a family-run business into a major wine producer, the company now boasts undisputed prestige. The excellence of the 2024 vintage is evidenced by the 98 points from Luca Maroni and the coveted gold medals won at the international Mundus Vini and Berliner Wine Trophy competitions.
Tasting notes
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
16 - 18 °C
Longevity:
05 - 10 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
- Start up year: 1927
- Oenologist: Teodosio D'Apolito
- Bottles produced: 1.800.000
- Hectares: 120
The Mottura estate is located in Tuglie, a small town in the Southern part of the Salento Peninsula. The building is still the original one, a beautiful late 19th century, Baroque-style farmhouse. Here, the cellars hide the secrets of an ancient family villa and wines age slowly in oak barrels and barriques to develop the aromas, colours and atmosphere of the land.
In almost a century of history Mottura has made great steps forward, changing and growing as wine-making on the Salento peninsula has evolved and changed for the better. As early as the 1940s large iron-ringed barrels of Mottura wines were loaded onto Northbound trains in Tuglie, headed for three plants in Naples, Rome and Milan where the wines of the Salento peninsula were distributed and appreciated. However, the Mottura estate had intentions to go beyond this, and in the ’60s it became one of the first wineries in the area to bottle its own wine. The goal to characterise the Mottura brand was clear from the start: combining big numbers with appreciable, genuine quality.
Perhaps when you’ve been making genuine wines every day for four generations, you’re ready for a new challenge. That of offering even more innovative products of better and better quality while still preserving and revitalising tradition. The result has been new product lines, already known and appreciated the world over. I Classici and Le Pitre are 2 such award-winning lines for Mottura which highlight, in a contemporary way, the potential of local grape varieties, with particular focus on the traditional Salento varieties, such as Negroamaro and Primitivo, cultivating the vines according to the historic technique known as "ad alberello" and preserving traditional wine-making methods.
In 2020 Mottura was awarded for the following wines:
Stilio Primitivo di Manduria Doc 2018: Gold Medal from Mundus Vini. Stilio Primitivo di Manduria Doc 2017: 97 Points from Luca Maroni and Best Red Wine of Italy.
Primitivo di Manduria Doc Le Pitre 2017: Gold Medal from Mundus Vini.
Primitivo di Manduria Doc Villa Mottura 2018: Gold Medal from Mundus Vini.
Primitivo di Manduria Doc Mottura 2018: Silver Medal from Mundus Vini.
Rosato del Salento Villa Mottura 2019: 96 Points from Luca Maroni and 3rd Best Rosé Wine.
Negroamaro del Salento IGT Mottura: 87 Points from Ultimate Wine appraisal 2020.
Primitivo del Salento Igt Mottura: 90 Points from Ultimate Wine appraisal 2020.
Guida Vini D'italia Edizione 2021, edited by Gambero Rosso Editori, who considered the Mottura winery worthy to enter the main section with excellent reviews of : Primitivo di Manduria Doc Le Pitre 2018 and Rosato del Salento Igt Villa Mottura 2019.
The following wines were awarded in 2020:
Primitivo di Manduria DOC Stilio 2019: Silver Medal from Mundus Vini at the 28th Grand International Wine Award.
Nergroamaro Salento IGT Rosone 2019: Gold Medal from Mundus Vini at the 28th Grand International Wine Award. Read more
| Name | Mottura Negroamaro del Salento Rosone 2024 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red green still |
| Denomination | Salento IGT |
| Vintage | 2024 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Negro Amaro |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Apulia |
| Vendor | Mottura |
| Story | History and Curiosities The label depicts the rose window of Apulian Baroque churches, an infinite circle symbolising eternity. This tribute accompanies the story of Mottura winery, founded in 1927 in Salento by Pasquale Mottura. Having evolved from a family-run business into a major wine producer, the company now boasts undisputed prestige. The excellence of the 2024 vintage is evidenced by the 98 points from Luca Maroni and the coveted gold medals won at the international Mundus Vini and Berliner Wine Trophy competitions. |
| Origin | Vineyards in the north of the province of Lecce, in the heart of Salento |
| Climate | Mild winters and hot, dry summers |
| Soil composition | Calcareous and clayey |
| Cultivation system | Predominantly bush vines |
| Yield per hectare | 60-70 q. |
| Harvest | Manual with slight over-ripening during the last ten days of September |
| Production technique | Cold pre-fermentation maceration with bleeding; subsequent traditional maceration with periodic pump-overs and délestage; alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts at a controlled temperature; ageing for 8 0 months in first-fill French oak barriques. |
| Wine making | Cold pre-fermentation maceration with bleeding. Subsequent traditional maceration with periodic pump-overs and one rack-and-return. Alcoholic fermentation conducted with indigenous yeasts at a controlled temperature. |
| Aging | 8 0 months in first-use French oak barriques. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |