Italy, Apulia, Salice Salentino, Francesco Candido
Name:
Francesco Candido Salice Salentino Riserva DOC
Where it's from:
Italy, Apulia, Salice Salentino
Price per case:
£62.29
Bottles per case:
6 x 75 cl
Style:
Soft & Supple Reds
Description:
This family owned 950 acre estate is at the forefront of a small but influential cadre of progressive wineries bent on drawing international attention to the increasingly stylish, quality wines emerging from Italy's south. A highly regarded 950-acre estate in the Salentino plain of southern Italy's Puglia region, Candido features 462 acres of vineyard and is owned and managed by Alessandro and Giacomo Candido, sons of the founder and consulting Enologist Severino Garofano also plays an instrumental role at the property. Affectionately known as the Prince of Southern Italian Winemaking, Garofano is Italy's top authority on the grape varieties of Italy's south and a champion of southern Italian winemaking. Candido's estate-grown and -bottled Salice Salentino DOC blends 95% Negroamaro and 5% Malvasia Nera grapes harvested from low-yielding 30-year-old vines. Together they produce a rich, aromatic, velvety smooth full-bodied red of considerably durability. (6 x 75 cl)
Region:
Italy, Apulia, Salice Salentino
Producer:
Francesco Candido
Product ID:
44535
FrancescoCandidoSaliceSalentino Riserva DOC
Description: This family owned 950 acre estate is at the forefront of a small but influential cadre of progressive wineries bent on drawing international attention to the increasingly stylish, quality wines emerging from Italy's south. A highly regarded 950-acre estate in the Salentino plain of southern Italy's Puglia region, Candido features 462 acres of vineyard and is owned and managed by Alessandro and Giacomo Candido, sons of the founder and consulting Enologist Severino Garofano also plays an instrumental role at the property. Affectionately known as the Prince of Southern Italian Winemaking, Garofano is Italy's top authority on the grape varieties of Italy's south and a champion of southern Italian winemaking. Candido's estate-grown and -bottled SaliceSalentino DOC blends 95% Negroamaro and 5% Malvasia Nera grapes harvested from low-yielding 30-year-old vines. Together they produce a rich, aromatic, velvety smooth full-bodied red of considerably durability. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £62.29
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FrancescoCandido LE POZZELLE Rosato del Salento Salice Salento VQPRD
Description: This family owned 950 acre estate is at the forefront of a small but influential cadre of progressive wineries bent on drawing international attention to the increasingly stylish, quality wines emerging from Italy's south. A highly regarded 950-acre estate in the Salentino plain of southern Italy's Puglia region, Candido features 462 acres of vineyard. It is owned and managed by Alessandro and Giacomo Candido, sons of the founder and consulting Enologist Severino Garofano who plays an instrumental role at the property. Affectionately known as the Prince of Southern Italian Winemaking, Garofano is Italy's top authority on the grape varieties of Italy's south and a champion of southern Italian winemaking. A Rose wine blend of Negroamaro 95% and Malvasia Nera 5%. The destemmed and crushed berries are cold macerated for some 20 hours after which a part of the juice is drained off and fermented in stainless steel using cultured yeasts. Bright and corraline in colour, rich on the nose, opulent, floral with fine fruit, on the palate it is dry, harmonious, rich and elegant with a pleasantly bitter aftertaste. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £116.75
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FrancescoCandido LE POZZELLE Rosato del Salento Salice Salento VQPRD
