Mottura
Negroamaro Salento 2025
| Denomination | IGT Salento |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.0% by volume |
| Area | Apulia (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Negro Amaro |
| Aging | Ageing for 2-3 months in the bottle. |
- Type: Still red wine IGT Puglia, Salento 2025
- Grape varieties and format: Negroamaro with a small percentage of Malvasia Nera, 0.75 l
- Careful vinification: Maceration for 8–10 days and fermentation at a controlled temperature
- Ageing and alcohol: 4 months in oak and 2-3 in the bottle, 13% vol
- Profile and pairings: Ripe fruit, pepper and tobacco; velvety, ideal with roasts
Description
What type of wine it is
Villa Mottura Negroamaro Salento by Mottura is a still red wine with a Typical Geographical Indication from Puglia, with an enveloping character. A skilful blend of Negroamaro and Malvasia Nera grapes results in an intense olfactory profile with notes of blackberry, pepper, tobacco and walnut husk. Obtained through traditional maceration and aged in oak barrels, it exhibits vibrant purple highlights to the eye. On the palate, it reveals itself as velvety and full, supported by soft tannins that blend into a harmonious sip, ideal for pairing with roasts, game and medium-aged cheeses.
Where it comes from
This wine from the Salento region is born in Puglia, in the Tuglie estates managed by Mottura. The territory benefits from a Mediterranean climate, with very dry summers that favour the perfect ripening of the grapes. The vines grow on calcareous and clayey soils, giving the wine structure and a clear territorial imprint. These peculiarities translate into a warm and round sip, faithful to the authenticity of the place of origin.
How it is produced
Manual harvesting allows the bunches to be selected at perfect ripeness. In the cellar, a traditional maceration on the skins takes place for eight to ten days, with temperature-controlled fermentation. Periodic pumping over and délestage ensure optimal aromatic extraction. The wine rests in oak barrels for about four months, completing the process with ageing in the bottle. The result is a harmonious red with pleasantly smooth tannins.
History and trivia
This Negroamaro del Salento IGT by Mottura originated in Tuglie, in an evocative late 19th-century Baroque estate. The winery, founded in 1927, maintains a deep bond with its land, showcasing a historic grape variety cultivated in the region since the 6th century BC. A true Apulian icon, this wine expresses the family’s passion for excellence, as evidenced by major international accolades such as the silver at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles and the bronze at the Decanter World Wine Awards, guaranteeing superior quality.
Tasting notes
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
14 -16 °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 | Villa Mottura Negroamaro Salento 2025 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | Salento IGT |
| Vintage | 2025 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.0% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Negro Amaro |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Apulia |
| Vendor | Mottura |
| Story | History and trivia This Negroamaro del Salento IGT by Mottura originated in Tuglie, in an evocative late 19th-century Baroque estate. The winery, founded in 1927, maintains a deep bond with its land, showcasing a historic grape variety cultivated in the region since the 6th century BC. A true Apulian icon, this wine expresses the family’s passion for excellence, as evidenced by major international accolades such as the silver at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles and the bronze at the Decanter World Wine Awards, guaranteeing superior quality. |
| Origin | Salento (province of Lecce, Puglia, southern Italy) |
| Climate | Mild winters with very dry springs and summers. |
| Soil composition | Calcareous and clayey |
| Cultivation system | Vertical trellis with spurred cordon or Guyot training system |
| Yield per hectare | 90 quintals per hectare |
| Production technique | Traditional maceration for 8 0 days and fermentation of the must at a controlled temperature, with periodic pump-overs and délestage. |
| Wine making | Traditional maceration for 8 0 days and fermentation of the must at a controlled temperature, using periodic pump-overs and rack-and-return (déléstage). |
| Aging | Ageing for 2-3 months in the bottle. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |