 The Marra family have been growing fruit in Salento for over 40 years. Young Francesco Marra and his friend Francesco Winspeare began estate bottling small quantities of wine in the late eighties. There are over 100 acres under vine, with the best sites and fruit reserved for the estate wines. They produce about 12,000 cases of 7 different wines. We carry 4. Plant density is about 1,00 vines per acre. The traditional, primary grape of the region is Negroamaro (for reds), Garganega and Malvasia di Candia for whites - whites have been grown for only about 45 years. Negroamaro tends to produce richly flavored, spicy and "pruney" flavors. |
