L'Astore Masseria
Cutrofiano · Lecce (LE)
Established
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Benegiamo family
Yearly production
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Location
Cutrofiano
Lecce (LE) · Puglia
Vineyard area
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About 80 hectares of vineyards, olive groves and arable land around Cutrofiano in central Salento; Negroamaro, Malvasia Nera, Malvasia Bianca Antica, Susumaniello and Primitivo, organic since 2010
Appellations
Aleatico di Puglia DOCGalatina DOCSalento IGT
History
L'Astore Masseria is a historic Salento estate owned by the Benegiamo family since 1935 at Cutrofiano, a few kilometers from the sea.
Certified organic since 2010, it saved old Negroamaro vines from abandonment and works native Salento varieties, with an 18th-century underground oil mill and a barrel cellar dubbed the 'Cathedral of Wine'.
Wines
Illustrative selectionFilimei
Organic varietal Negroamaro.
Massaro Rosa
Salento Negroamaro rosato.
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Grapes of these appellations
- Aleatico
- Negroamaro
- Malvasia Nera
- Primitivo
- Chardonnay
- Nero di Troia
- Bombino Bianco
- Bombino Nero
- Malvasia Bianca
- Aglianico
- Fiano
- Sangiovese
- Trebbiano Toscano
- Moscato Bianco
Who else makes these wines
- Aleatico di Puglia DOC64 others
- Galatina DOC4 others
- Salento IGT44 others
Producers near Cutrofiano
- Vinicola Palamà
- Agricole ValloneLecce
- Alessandro BonsegnaNardò
- ApollonioMonteroni di Lecce
- Attanasio CarloCarmiano
- Azienda Agricola CasilliSalice Salentino
- Azienda MonaciCopertino
- Baroni MartucciSquinzano