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Puglia

Puglia wine guide: the wine region in Italy, its Primitivo, the red wine and dry white wine it makes, and what to pour it with.

Country
Italy
Climate
Mediterranean
Signature grape
Primitivo
Styles
red · dry white · rosé
4
Signature grapes
8
Bottles to find

Puglia is a wine region of Italy.

The signature grape is Primitivo, backed by Negroamaro, Sangiovese and Trebbiano.

Vines root into iron-rich and limestone.

The climate is mediterranean, running high sunshine and sea breezes.

The vineyards themselves read as hills.

The region is known for red wine, dry white wine and rosé wine, plus one more.

Soil
Iron-richLimestone
Climate
MediterraneanHigh sunshineSea breezes
Terrain
Hills
Styles
reddry whiterosésparkling

Grapes planted here.

Bottles to look for.

  • Bastioni Della Rocca Appassimento Puglia IGT, Italy
  • Cantine Due Palme 'Pillastro' Primitivo Puglia IGT, Italy
  • Cantine Paradiso '1954' Primitivo Puglia IGT, Italy
  • Cantine San Marzano '62 Anniversario' Primitivo di Manduria Riserva, Puglia, Italy
  • Cantine San Marzano 'Edda' Bianco Salento IGP, Puglia, Italy
  • Cantine San Marzano 'Talo' Primitivo di Manduria, Puglia, Italy
  • Cantine San Marzano 'Timo' Vermentino Salento IGT, Puglia, Italy
  • Cantine San Marzano 'Tramari' Rose di Primitivo Salento IGP, Puglia, Italy

Nearby regions.

Puglia: common questions

01.
What grapes is Puglia known for?
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Primitivo is the signature grape of Puglia. Negroamaro, Sangiovese and Trebbiano are also planted here.
02.
What kind of wine does Puglia make?
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Puglia produces red wine, dry white wine, rosé wine and sparkling wine.
03.
Where is Puglia?
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Puglia is a wine region in Italy.

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