Selvarossa Riserva – Magnum

Due Palme – Selvarossa Riserva – in the Magnum Bottle

The Due Palme Selvarossa Riserva Magnum 2016 is a velvety, elegant red wine cuvée from the Negroamaro and Malvasia Nera grape varieties. The Selvarossa Riserva has been the flagship wine of Cantine Due Palme for 30 years, and it has repeatedly, including the current vintage, been awarded 3 Glasses in the Gambero Rosso. Here in the 1.5l magnum bottle.

On the nose, this dense, almost black-red wine reveals a complex bouquet with notes of wild berries, an intense cherry aroma, plum jam, dried dates, subtle spice notes, licorice, and dark chocolate, as well as fine, sweet notes of tobacco. The Selvarossa is characterized equally by elegance and softness, density and power. A wine that, like no other, demonstrates the high wine quality that can be achieved in one of Italy's largest cooperatives. And at a sensational price.

Its perfectly structured body is mighty and warm, powerful and spicy. On the palate, it displays opulence, silkiness and harmony, soft tannins and perfectly integrated acidity culminating in an endlessly persistent finish. The Selvarossa Riserva is a wine with great structure and a good balance between ripe fruit and silky tannin structure. A complex red wine with good drinkability, which pairs equally well with grilled meat as with braised vegetables, a slice of pizza, an antipasti platter or aged cheeses, and for pure wine enjoyment.

Selvarossa Riserva – 3 Glasses in Gambero Rosso

The Selvarossa Riserva has always been the flagship of Cantine Due Palme, a symbol of the careful selection of excellent grapes. The Selvarossa Riserva, a cuvée of Negroamaro and Malvasia Nera, embodies the Salento region par excellence and reflects the Mediterranean atmosphere with all its aromas and warmth.

Negroamaro is a grape that has been cultivated in Salento for a good 3,000 years. It is very dark, almost black, and has a particularly tart-spicy taste. The name dates back to the term "niuro maru". Malvasia Nera impresses with its elegance and its soft, pleasant fruit. Both grape varieties grow in the so-called Alberello training system, i.e., as a single bush without a trellis or wire frame.

The perfectly formed, well-ripened grapes are harvested by hand in crates and best express the terroir – red earth, clay and graphite. A portion of the grapes is slowly dried to emphasize the body and structure of the wine. The wine then matures for six months in French oak barrels and several months in the bottle before being released for sale. A wine with enormous potential that lives up to all its awards and top ratings.

Selvarossa Riserva – A Wine and its Values

• 90% Negroamaro
• 10% Malvasia Nera
• 14.5% vol. Alcohol
• 10.5g/l Residual Sugar
• 5.95g/l Acidity