TITLE: ROCCAMORA

APPELLATION: Negroamaro del Salento IGT

PRODUCER: Schola Sarmenti

REGION: Puglia

SHORT_DESC: Giovanni Domenico Roccamora, an abbot, a scholar and an essayist of philosophy and theology. His activity throughout the fiefdom of Nardò was notable for his marked dedication in the motion of 1647 against the tyrannies of the ferocious Giovan Girolamo Acquaviva, Count of Conversano and Duke of Nardò, known with the name of Guercio di Puglia. Roccamora sided with the peasants who rose up to take back the usurped land; he was hanged and his head was exposed for 40 days in the seat of the central square of Nardò.

OVERVIEW_VARIETAL: 100% Negroamaro

OVERVIEW_PROCESS: Hand-picked grapes, aging at checked temperature in stainless steel tanks.

OVERVIEW_SERVING_TEMP: 60 - 64 °F

OVERVIEW_ALCOHOL: 13.5%

PROFILE_COLOR: Brilliant ruby red

PROFILE_NOSE: A singular olfactory register interwoven with notes of spices, tobacco and leather in a well-marked fruit finish.

PROFILE_FINISH: The enterprising sip intoxicates the palate with a softness and a velvety structure softened by a fine tannin that leaves a pleasantly bitter trail.

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PAIRING: Bagel, tacos, mac and cheese, cured meat, red meat, light pasta, and pizza.

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TECHNICAL_SHEET_URL: /s/Schola-Sarmenti-3.pdf

SHELF_TALKER_URL: /s/Schola-Sarmenti-3-gaw7.pdf