Agricole Vallone Graticciaia Salento Red is one of Puglia’s most celebrated and iconic red wines, crafted only in exceptional vintages and in strictly limited quantities. Produced by the historic Agricole Vallone estate, founded in 1935 in the sun-drenched Salento peninsula, this benchmark bottling showcases the true potential of the indigenous Negroamaro grape. By naturally drying meticulously selected grapes on straw mats under the southern Italian sun, Vallone creates an opulent, deeply concentrated wine that balances power with remarkable balance and elegance.

Why You'll Love It

This is a legendary, artisanal Italian red wine that offers an extraordinary alternative to iconic appassimento-style wines like Amarone della Valpolicella, but with distinct southern warmth and Mediterranean soul. Sourced from old, head-trained vines on the Flamino Estate, the wine gains immense aromatic complexity and velvety depth through its unique sun-drying process. Aged in fine French oak tonneaux, it delivers a luxurious sensory experience brimming with dark fruit, bittersweet cocoa, and savoury nuance.

Vineyard & Production

The fruit is harvested exclusively from Vallone’s 310-hectare Flamino Estate, where vineyards combining young vines with 50-year-old traditional head-trained vines grow in deep, sun-bathed Salento soils. After a rigorous selection at harvest, the whole grape bunches are laid out on traditional straw mats in the unique microclimate of Castel Serranova. Here, they naturally sun-dry, losing water weight and concentrating natural sugars, acids, and flavour compounds. Following a slow fermentation, the wine matures for 12 months in French oak tonneaux, allowing its firm structure to soften and refine prior to bottling.

Tasting Notes

Pouring a deep, brooding ruby-garnet hue, this wine opens with a complex, highly expressive bouquet of black cherry, cassis, dried figs, tobacco leaf, dark chocolate, and candied orange peel. On the palate, it is opulent, full-bodied, and multi-layered, bursting with concentrated blackberry fruit, warm clove, and a distinctive savoury, meaty nuance. Silky, well-integrated tannins and a subtle line of natural acidity carry the wine through to an exceptionally long, lifted, and velvety finish.

Perfect Pairings

Thanks to its immense power, savoury complexity, and rich fruit concentration, this iconic Puglian red demands robust, high-end cuisine. It pairs magnificently with fillet steak in a rich red wine reduction, slow-cooked ossobuco, roast venison, and braised beef short ribs. It is also a brilliant match for rich wild boar ragout, truffled pasta dishes, and mature, crystalline cheeses like aged Parmigiano-Reggiano or Pecorino.

Grape Varieties

100% Negroamaro

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