Mottura
Salice Salentino Le Pitre 2021
| Denomination | DOC Salice Salentino Negroamaro |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.5% by volume |
| Area | Apulia (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Negro Amaro |
| Aging | Aged for 12 months in French oak barriques; 2–3 months of bottle ageing |
- Type and designation: Still dry red wine Salice Salentino DOC, 2021 vintage
- Grape variety and alcohol content: 100% Negroamaro, 13.5% vol in 0.75 l bottle
- Vinification: Fermentation at controlled temperature, maceration for 15-20 days
- Ageing in wood: 12 months in French oak barriques followed by 2-3 months in bottle
- Tasting notes: Hints of morello cherry and spices, velvety taste ideal for roasts and game
Description
What kind of wine it is
Le Pitre Salice Salentino is a still red wine that intensely expresses the Negroamaro grape variety. It displays a deep ruby red colour with elegant garnet highlights. The aromatic profile reveals a bouquet of morello cherry and plum, enriched by balsamic notes and spicy hints of vanilla, pepper and toasted almond. On the palate, it is velvety and harmonious, standing out for its structure and prolonged persistence. It is the ideal pairing for game, roasts and mature cheeses, offering its best after proper decanting.
Where it comes from
The grapes come from the Salice Salentino area, located between the provinces of Lecce and Brindisi. The vineyards grow on calcareous-clay soils, which give the wine great body. The Mediterranean climate, with mild winters and dry summers, favours optimal aromatic ripening. The Mottura winery, founded in Tuglie, cultivates the vines using the typical bush vine system, ensuring low yields. This approach enhances the expression of the grape variety, respecting the deep identity of the Apulian territory.
How it is produced
The production process begins with a manual harvest, followed by a careful selection of the bunches. The must ferments at a controlled temperature with a skin maceration of fifteen to twenty days. Delestage operations and regular pump-overs ensure excellent extraction of colour and tannins. Malolactic fermentation takes place in French oak barrels, where the bâtonnage technique is used. The wine matures for twelve months in wood, completing its ageing with a period of rest before being released to the market.
History and Curiosities
The Salice Salentino DOC ‘Le Pitre’ expresses the most authentic soul of Salento, produced by the historic Mottura winery, founded in 1927. This family-run business in Tuglie skilfully combines innovation with ancient traditions, enhancing the value of the prized 100% Negroamaro grapes grown using the bush vine method. The calcareous-clay soils and dry summers give rise to a still red of rare elegance and strong territorial identity. The 2021 vintage celebrates this long heritage, offering an Apulian excellence masterfully refined in fine French oak barriques.
Awards
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2021
4Italian Sommelier Foundation (FIS) guide This has been one of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy for over 10 years.
Tasting notes
Perlage
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
16 - 18 °C
Longevity:
10 - 15 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 Salice Salentino Le Pitre 2021 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | Salice Salentino DOC |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Negro Amaro |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Apulia |
| Vendor | Mottura |
| Story | History and Curiosities The Salice Salentino DOC ‘Le Pitre’ expresses the most authentic soul of Salento, produced by the historic Mottura winery, founded in 1927. This family-run business in Tuglie skilfully combines innovation with ancient traditions, enhancing the value of the prized 100% Negroamaro grapes grown using the bush vine method. The calcareous-clay soils and dry summers give rise to a still red of rare elegance and strong territorial identity. The 2021 vintage celebrates this long heritage, offering an Apulian excellence masterfully refined in fine French oak barriques. |
| Origin | Salice Salentino and other municipalities in the provinces of Lecce and Brindisi |
| Climate | Mild winters with very dry springs and summers |
| Soil composition | Calcareous and clayey |
| Cultivation system | Predominantly bush vines |
| Yield per hectare | Approximately 8,000 kg/ha |
| Fermentation | 15-20 days |
| Production technique | Fermentation of the must at controlled temperature; traditional maceration with délestage and pumping over; malolactic fermentation in barrique in a conditioned environment; ageing for 12 months in French oak barriques |
| Wine making | Fermentation of the must at a controlled temperature, traditional maceration for 15-20 days, with periodic délestage and pumping over. Malolactic fermentation takes place in barriques in a controlled environment. |
| Aging | Aged for 12 months in French oak barriques; 2–3 months of bottle ageing |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |