A dry Negroamaro rosato from Natalino Del Prete in the Salento, made with a short skin contact maceration and fermented in cement without temperature control, producing a wine of vivid salmon-pink colour, fresh red berry fruit, and that distinctive Negroamaro bite on the finish.
Tasting Notes
Vivid salmon-pink. The nose is fresh and fruit-forward with cherry, wild strawberry, and a light floral note. On the palate it is dry and refreshing with good natural acidity, a pleasant texture, and the characteristic slightly bitter finish that makes Negroamaro such a versatile food wine even in its rosé form. Not a pale, delicate rosé — this has conviction.
Quick Facts
- Grape: 100% Negroamaro
- Origin: Italy, Puglia, Salento (clay and limestone soils)
- Style: Dry natural rosé, short skin maceration, cement fermentation, zero added sulphur
- Winemaking: Manual harvest, short skin maceration, cement fermentation, indigenous yeast, zero additions, minimal intervention
- Suitable for vegetarians and vegans
Food Pairing
Grilled fish, seafood, burrata, light pasta, and Puglian antipasti. A rosé that earns its place at the table beyond aperitif hour.
Serving
Serve at 10-12°C. Best enjoyed young and fresh.
About the Producer
Natalino Del Prete is a small organic estate in Puglia's Gioia del Colle and Salento zones, farming without chemicals on the region's distinctive limestone and clay soils. Best known for his Primitivo, Natalino has quietly built a range of indigenous white and red varieties vinified with absolute minimal intervention that are among the most honest and expressive wines in southern Italy.
