Valle dell'Asso
Galatina · Lecce (LE)
Established
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Vallone family (vines planted from 1920; Luigi 'don Gino' Vallone bottled independently from 1995; acquired by Cantina Fiorentino in 2016)
Yearly production
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Location
Galatina
Lecce (LE) · Puglia
Vineyard area
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Old alberello vineyards around Galatina, Cutrofiano, Sogliano Cavour and Salice Salentino in the Salento, on clay-limestone soils; Negroamaro to the fore.
Appellations
Copertino DOCGalatina DOCSalento IGT
History
The Vallone family's Valle dell'Asso at Galatina traces to bush vines planted in the early 1920s; Luigi Vallone, known as don Gino, began bottling independently in 1995 with oenologist Elio Minoia, making it a Salento reference for Negroamaro. Cantina Fiorentino acquired the historic estate in 2016; its Piromàfo is a pure Negroamaro.
Wines
Illustrative selectionPiromàfo Negroamaro
Galatina Rosso
Negroamaro
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Grapes of these appellations
- Negroamaro
- Malvasia Nera
- Montepulciano
- Sangiovese
- Chardonnay
- Nero di Troia
- Primitivo
- Bombino Bianco
- Bombino Nero
- Malvasia Bianca
- Aglianico
- Aleatico
- Fiano
- Trebbiano Toscano
Who else makes these wines
- Copertino DOC8 others
- Galatina DOC4 others
- Salento IGT44 others
Producers near Galatina
- Cantina Fiorentino
- Santi Dimitri
- Agricole ValloneLecce
- Alessandro BonsegnaNardò
- ApollonioMonteroni di Lecce
- Attanasio CarloCarmiano
- Azienda Agricola CasilliSalice Salentino
- Azienda MonaciCopertino