Thursday Virtual Happy Hour: Negroamaro
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One of southern Italy's superstar red wine grape varieties, Negroamaro is (like many southern Italian reds) believed to be an Adriatic import.
Negroamaro is valued for its deep color, medium-full tannins and dark berryfruit flavors. The variety can also add earthen tones that can cross over into slightly medicinal flavors. It is mildly aromatic and can produce complex wines that show characteristics of ground brown spices such as clove, cinnamon and allspice.
Puglia's Salento Peninsula is arguably the source of the finest Negroamaro wines, particularly those produced under the Salice Salentino DOC title. The warm Mediterranean-style climate here suits the variety well, allowing the vines to achieve optimum levels of ripeness. A relatively drought-hardy variety, it is rarely troubled by the area's limited rainfall. It is further enamoured of local viticulturists for being a reliable cropper.
We have a choice of videos to watch including:
- https://youtu.be/t1LxDq2PSMo?si=P0i8tImbzZViSyji - Negroamaro - Know Wine In No Time (5:03)
- https://youtu.be/gF24cpypwDU?si=Z9bXYD0-I9km1Ckn = Negroamaro: Unveiling the Dark Beauty of Puglia - Bernardo Musumeci (7:00)
- https://youtu.be/O71sb3pI95o?si=Xn0mhxVgRd-CRPsM - A Wine From Puglia Made With Negroamaro - WineLibraryTV (10:09)
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So, pick up a bottle and watch a couple of videos. Let us know what you’re drinking and eating, and, if possible, the region from which your wine comes. Do you have any comments (positive or negative) about the videos? And, as always, tell us what’s going on in your life - what's happening with you, how you're feeling about things, updates, successes, challenges - as much or as little as you’re willing to disclose. We are in this together. And - thank goodness - we have wine!
Cheers!!