🍇 Negroamaro
A red grape from southern Italy that makes dark, soft reds and rosés.
Negroamaro is a red grape from southern Italy, from Puglia. It grows mostly in Salento, on the “heel” of Italy’s boot. The name means “black-black” or “black and bitter”: the berries are very dark. Red and rosé wines are made from it.
Summers in Salento are hot and dry, and Negroamaro stands the heat well. The wine is dark, full and soft, with aromas of black berries, plum, spice and smoke. Many protected wines are made from it: Salice Salentino, Copertino, Alezio, Leverano, Matino, Nardo, Brindisi and Galatina. It is often blended with Malvasia Nera di Brindisi.
Negroamaro also gives rosé wine, fresh and dry, which is especially loved in Salento.
Negroamaro belongs to Italian wine and to Puglia. The red is served with meat, pasta and cheese, and the rosé with fish and starters. Alcohol is for adults.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Negroamaro → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Apulia, 📍 Salento
- Main grape in
- Italy: 📍 Salento, 📜 Salice Salentino, 📍 Apulia, 📜 Copertino, 📜 Lizzano, 📜 Nardò, 📜 Alezio, 📜 Leverano, 📜 Matino, 📜 Negroamaro di Terra d'Otranto
- Wines made from it
- 🍷 Rosé
- Offspring
- 🍇 Malvasia Nera di Brindisi
- Parents
- 🍇 Maiolica
Frequently asked questions
What is Negroamaro?
A red grape from Puglia in southern Italy that makes red and rosé wines.
What does the name Negroamaro mean?
“Black and bitter” or “black-black”: the berries are very dark.
What wines are made from Negroamaro?
Salice Salentino, Copertino, Alezio, Leverano and others, as well as rosé.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Italian wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grape varieties, appellations.
- 📍 Apulia — The heel of the Italian boot, producing large volumes of red wine.
- 🍇 Maiolica — A rare red grape of Italy.
- 📜 Lizzano — Wines from around Lizzano in the province of Taranto, mainly from Negroamaro.
- 📜 Negroamaro di Terra d'Otranto — Red and rosé wines from Negroamaro in southern Apulia.
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