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Matino DOC

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Puglia's oldest DOC (1971) and one of its most dormant, covering Negroamaro reds and rosati from the hills of southern Salento near Gallipoli. In style it's classic Negroamaro: ruby to garnet, dried cherry, plum, tobacco and bay leaf, dry and medium bodied with a bitter finish, and the rosato is coral, savory and cherry scented. Production is minuscule and mostly local; producers in the zone bottle Salento IGT instead.

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Bottles I'm chasing

  • Cantina Sociale di Matino

    Matino Rosso DOC

    The town cooperative is historically the only consistent bottler of the DOC; simple, savory Negroamaro to drink young.

    $7 to $12Wine-Searcher
  • Cantina Sociale di Matino

    Matino Rosato DOC

    Coral rosato from the same source, cherry and orange peel, dry; Italy only.

    $7 to $12Wine-Searcher