Puglia
Puglia is a wine region in Italy. The warm, mostly flat heel of Italy, known for ripe, full-bodied reds in a dry Mediterranean setting.
Where it is
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Places in Puglia
Aleatico di Puglia
An aromatic red-wine appellation across Puglia, making sweet or fortified Aleatico with rose, dried berry, and spice notes.
Brindisi
Flat coastal land on Puglia's Adriatic side, on red soil over limestone.
Castel del Monte
A limestone plateau in northern Puglia below a thirteenth-century octagonal castle.
Copertino
A flat inland zone in the Salento peninsula, hot with sea air on both sides.
Gioia del Colle
A high inland plateau in central Puglia, cooler at night than the coastal plains below it.
Leverano
A Salento appellation known for Negroamaro-led reds and rosato, typically ripe, savory, and rich in dark fruit.
Locorotondo
A high limestone plateau in Puglia's Valle d'Itria, well above the coast below.
Manduria
A town in Puglia near the Gulf of Taranto, known for Primitivo di Manduria, a ripe red wine from the Primitivo grape.
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Classic styles
Producers in Puglia
Polvanera
Near Gioia del Colle in Puglia, Polvanera makes Primitivo without oak aging, fermenting in stainless steel and keeping the wines in steel or bottle.