Mottura
Villa Mottura Salento Rosato 2025
| Denomination | IGT Salento |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 12.5% by volume |
| Area | Apulia (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Negro Amaro |
- Name and vintage: Still dry rosé Salento IGT, harvest 2025, 12.5% vol
- Grape varieties: Negroamaro and Malvasia Nera trained on trellises in the provinces of Brindisi and Lecce
- Aromas and colour: fruity and floral notes, aromatic herbs; pale coral pink colour
- Vinification: traditional saignée method, 6–8 hours maceration, fermentation at controlled temperature
- Pairings: 10–12 °C; ideal with aperitifs, shellfish, soups, pizza and light meats
Description
What kind of wine it is
Villa Mottura Salento Rosato is a still, dry wine that showcases the excellence of Mottura. It is crafted from a blend of Negroamaro, Malvasia Nera di Brindisi and Malvasia Nera di Lecce grapes, offering an intense sensory profile. Visually, it displays a delicate, bright coral pink hue. The bouquet is fragrant, with clear fruity and floral notes intertwined with pleasant aromatic herb nuances. On the palate, it is lively, savoury and full-bodied, with excellent balance. It is ready to be enjoyed immediately, but its structure also allows it to evolve well with a few years of ageing.
Where it comes from
This rosé originates in Salento, a wine-growing area that includes Campi Salentina and several towns between the provinces of Lecce and Brindisi, in Apulia. The local climate, characterised by mild winters and hot, dry seasons, ensures steady development and optimal ripening of the grapes. The vines are cultivated using the espalier system on calcareous and clay soils, elements that give the wine a pronounced natural savouriness. Careful vineyard management preserves the identity of the region, focusing on low yields and great aromatic concentration.
How it is produced
Production begins with manual harvesting to select the bunches at their ideal ripeness. In the winery, the saignée technique is used with cap raising after about six to eight hours of maceration at controlled temperature. This is followed by static pre-fermentation clarification and a further total maceration of thirty-six hours, finished with a gentle pressing and decanting. The entire process is designed to preserve the integrity and precision of the aromas. Served chilled, it pairs with versatility with Mediterranean cuisine, matching perfectly with delicate soups, shellfish, vegetarian dishes and light meats.
History and Curiosities
Born in the warm lands of Salento IGT, Villa Mottura Rosato embodies the essence of the historic Apulian winery founded in 1927 by Pasquale Mottura. The winery skilfully combines ancient traditions and technological innovation to enhance the value of local grape varieties, cultivated on limestone and clay soils between Lecce and Brindisi. Under the guidance of oenologist Teodosio D’Apolito, these grapes give rise to an authentic local excellence, awarded 85 points by the prestigious Vini di Veronelli guide in 2018.
Tasting notes
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Color
Taste
Serve at:
10 - 12 °C
Longevity:
03 - 05 years
- 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 | Villa Mottura Salento Rosato 2025 |
|---|---|
| Type | Rosé still |
| Denomination | Salento IGT |
| Vintage | 2025 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 12.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Negro Amaro |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Apulia |
| Vendor | Mottura |
| Story | History and Curiosities Born in the warm lands of Salento IGT, Villa Mottura Rosato embodies the essence of the historic Apulian winery founded in 1927 by Pasquale Mottura. The winery skilfully combines ancient traditions and technological innovation to enhance the value of local grape varieties, cultivated on limestone and clay soils between Lecce and Brindisi. Under the guidance of oenologist Teodosio D’Apolito, these grapes give rise to an authentic local excellence, awarded 85 points by the prestigious Vini di Veronelli guide in 2018. |
| Origin | Campi Salentina and other municipalities in the province of Lecce and Brindisi |
| Climate | Mild winters with very dry springs and summers |
| Soil composition | Calcareous and clayey |
| Cultivation system | Espalier |
| Yield per hectare | 90 quintals per hectare |
| Production technique | Traditional method with bleeding (cap lifting) and temperature-controlled fermentation |
| Wine making | Traditional method with bleeding by cap raising after about 6–8 hours of maceration at controlled temperature; static clarification before alcoholic fermentation at 13°C; maceration for 36 hours with gentle pressing and decantation; fermentation at controlled temperature |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |