Bastioni della Rocca Leggero Appassimento is a bold southern Italian red from the sun-drenched Salento peninsula in Puglia—the heel of Italy’s boot. Made from Negroamaro (80%) and Primitivo (20%), the wine uses the appassimento method, where grapes are left to dry naturally on the vine for 25 days. This concentrates flavour, deepens colour, and softens acidity.
Aged in cement for texture and balance, the result is a rich, supple red with notes of ripe black fruit, dried cherry, spice, and a touch of vanilla. Smooth, generous, and easy to enjoy, this is a modern take on a centuries-old technique—soft enough to drink on its own, but built to stand up to hearty pastas, grilled meats, and aged cheeses. sugar and lets the water out) – combined with a long period of cement age to create a supple wine full of ripe black fruits with complex hints of raisins, spice and vanilla.
Agricoltori del Chianti Geografico
Puglia
Negroamaro 80%, Primitivo 20%
Red
Sand, clay with shale
Conventional
Bastioni della Rocca Leggero Appassimento is a bold southern Italian red from the sun-drenched Salento peninsula in Puglia—the heel of Italy’s boot. Made from Negroamaro (80%) and Primitivo (20%), the wine uses the appassimento method, where grapes are left to dry naturally on the vine for 25 days. This concentrates flavour, deepens colour, and softens acidity.
Aged in cement for texture and balance, the result is a rich, supple red with notes of ripe black fruit, dried cherry, spice, and a touch of vanilla. Smooth, generous, and easy to enjoy, this is a modern take on a centuries-old technique—soft enough to drink on its own, but built to stand up to hearty pastas, grilled meats, and aged cheeses. sugar and lets the water out) – combined with a long period of cement age to create a supple wine full of ripe black fruits with complex hints of raisins, spice and vanilla.
Agricoltori del Chianti Geografico
Puglia
Negroamaro 80%, Primitivo 20%
Red
Sand, clay with shale
Conventional
