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L'Astore Masseria, Puglia
The history of this model Puglian estate mirrors that of the province, being built on the foundations of olive groves, grape growing and a limestone bedrock. Paolo Benegiamo’s medical family have owned the 100-hectare L’Astore Masseria property near Cutrofiano on the Salento peninsula since the 1930s, but it was not until 2005, with the demise of the bulk market, that their first commercial label came out. Bottle production of 80,000 per year is now at twothirds of capacity, focusing on the indigenous varieties Negroamaro, Primitivo and Malvasia Bianca. They have been certified organic since 2010.
Malvasia (Malmsey)
Malvasia is a catch-all for a family of ancient Mediterranean grapes known as Malvasia, Malvoisie or Malmsey; their origins lie in Asia Minor and their relevance in decline.
Malvasia is responsible for producing a range of wines styles and colours; red and white, dry, sweet and sparkling. Perhaps better known for its ameliorative effect on Tuscan Vin Santo, providing honeyed smoky fruit intensity, while in Portugal& Madeira it reveals itself as Boal (Malvasia Fina) & Malmsey (Malvasia Candida) in the production of fortified wines.
Massimo Romeo is a source of top-class Vin Santo di Montepulciano, while Barbeito is famed for its Malmsey Madeira.
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You may not have been able to make it down to Puglia this year but one of their delicious whites has come to you! ‘Krita’ is the local name in dialect for the white limestone bedrock that underpins Puglia the vineyards of L’Astore Masseria giving the wines a familiar wet stone freshness and intrinsic minerality, balancing up the light, sunny, lemon skin, baccala salty fruit that thrives on Salento’s sunbed peninsula. Made all the more alive by the Mediterranean breezes that ventilate the peninsula, and their vineyards being so close to the coast. And being an organic producer the fruit is cleaner, more transparent and utterly drinkable! Only 13% abv so perfect as an aperitivo or with a shellfish pasta dish! Drinking 2013 – 2015.
David Berry Green
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