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Nero di Troia 2018, Carpentierie
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Pairings
We would pair this wine with cacio e pepe, legume or bean soup, sweet and sour lamb and medium-aged cheeses.
Regional Recipe
Winemaker Notes
Cantine Carpenterie is found within the Alta Murgia national park in Puglia at an altitude of 450 meters, where they cultivate their vines on the hills extending out in front of an old castle.
Calcareous and pebbly soils gives their wines a freshness and minerality, and the microclimate with strong temperature variations between day and night preserves the acidic components of the grapes, giving the wines, like this Nero di Troia 2018, balance, structure and good aging capacity.
The Story
I will never forget the time I first tried this Nero di Troia 2018 wine. It was unlike any other wine I had ever had. Immediately my mind tried to find a resemblance with another wine. It was kind of like a Pinot Noir, but more floral. Then I stopped, realizing how silly it was to try to make it taste like a familiar grape. It was Nero di Troia, such a unique grape which radiated with roses and bitter honey.
Pietra dei Lupi is the name of the walls commonly found in Puglia which were designed to protect the animals from the wolves and predators, made only from local stone. This is a zone that you'll want to see for the magical trulli, and if you are in the zone, Castel del Monte is a unique and mystical octagonal castle, just minutes down the road from Luigi.
