Cantina Monsellato

The making of a pure wine starts in the field. That is why we at the Winery Monsellatoconsciously choose not to use insecticides or herbicides. It requires a little more manual labour on the field, but when this results in a pure and honest product, we are happy to pay for it.

We are in Salento, in the southern part of the Puglia Region, bordered by the Ionian Sea and the Adriatic Sea, surrounded by the promontory of the Serre Salentine, also called the MurgeSalentine, a hilly element located south of the ideal line that connects Gallipoli and Otranto.

This area is characterized by arid, nutrient rich and shallow soil, the action of the sun and the sea breeze allow our vines to grow luxuriantly and give the grapes a strong, intense and sweet flavour. This becomes the perfect combination to produce grapes for wines of the highest quality and goodness.

When choosing a grape variety, we like to look at the local varietis. We work with the more well known traditional grapes from the Region. We also consider it a challenge to give the ancient and slightly forgotten grape varieties a new wibe.

Primitivo, Negroamaro and Bianco di Alessano are grapes that lend themselves perfectly to a mono-cépage, but these grapes are also suitable for a blend.

Thanks to the excellent location of the vineyards, on the hills overlooking the Ionian Sea, our vines are subject to the fresh wind of the sea breeze, giving flavor and taste, we can fully build on the saying «a good wine is made in the vineyard». A good follow up in the winery by our experienced oenologist makes the work complete.

It is our intention as owners to respect the history of the vineyard and to work as much as possible following the traditions.

We also see it as a challenge to look at the vinification process with our «foreign view» and to investigate whether there are opportunities to vinify out of the box. Like the Primitivo that after a short skin maceration was aged in small wooden barrels.