Cupertinum Antica Cantina del Salento
Copertino · Lecce (LE)
Established
1935
Cooperative of Copertino growers
Yearly production
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Location
Copertino, Lecce, Puglia
Lecce (LE)
Vineyard area
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Appellations
Copertino DOCSalento IGT
History
Founded in 1935 by thirty-six growers, Cupertinum is the oldest cooperative winery of the Lecce province, now some 350 members.
It makes most of the Copertino DOC, from Negroamaro, and keeps a vine on the castle bastions, said to be the only fortified vineyard in the world.
Wines
Illustrative selectionCopertino Rosso
Negroamaro red of the Copertino plain.
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