Sampietrana. Brindisi Riserva '1952'

Brindisi DOC Riserva
Grapes:  Negroamaro (80%) and Montepulciano (20%)

Ripe plum, fig and roasted tomatoes on the nose. Round, full mature tannins, nutmeg and cocoa, porcini and deep black cherry and plum fruit. A great, rich well-made wine, an absolute classic Brindisi DOC.  13.5%

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There are some super ripe date and dried fig elements, a touch of earthy tannin, no forced sweetness and no new barrique flavours, this style is a massive upgrade on the old Puglian wines of my youth but the DNA remains unchanged; an uncompromising powerhouse, old vines, old barrels, unfussy, proper winemaking.