Integro Negroamaro Puglia IGT is an organic Negroamaro wine that comes from vineyards in San Donaci, located in the Salento peninsula in the heel of Italy. This deep ruby red wine has violet tinges and offers pronounced aromas of ripe red fruit, currant jam, and raspberries with hints of plum and black pepper. It is well-balanced, and fresh, with a medium-long finish and a fruity and spicy aftertaste. This medium-dry red wine pairs perfectly with meatballs in tomato sauce, grilled meat, lasagne, or chickpea soup.
The vineyards are located between the towns of San Donaci and Salice Salentino and use the Guyot system for training.
Feudo Paolo Leo, the winery that produces this wine, has a long history dating back to the early 19th century when Antonio Leo started to vinify grapes grown on his 20-hectare estate, Masseria Monticello. In the early 1920s, the estate passed to his grandson Paolo Leo, who built his own winery, marking the beginning of Feudo Paolo Leo. The 4th generation Leo family replanted the vineyards with Primitivo, and the fifth built a modern winery in San Donaci. Today the winery has a state-of-the-art bottling line and over 500 French oak barrels, and it is run by the 6th generation of the Leo family.
To produce this wine, the grapes are destemmed and fermented at a controlled temperature of 22-24°C for 8-10 days. The fermentation process uses selected yeasts and is followed by malolactic fermentation. The wine is then aged for 5 months in stainless steel tanks and an additional month in the bottle.
