Murge Centrale & Valle d'Itria is a wine area within Apulia. Gioia del Colle lies on the Murgia plateau and is associated with Primitivo wines. The area's appellations also include Gravina, Locorotondo, Martina and Ostuni.
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Elsewhere in Apulia
- Castel del Monte & Alta Murgia (Bari hinterland)No producers listed yetCastel del Monte Bombino Nero is a rosé made with at least 90% Bombino Nero. In this Bari-hinterland area, vineyards can sit at about 400 metres on stony ground, with persistent breezes and stronger winds.
- Daunia & Foggia (northern Apulia)9 producersIn northern Apulia, Daunia & Foggia includes the appellations San Severo, Cacc'e mmitte di Lucera, Orta Nova, Rosso di Cerignola and Tavoliere delle Puglie.
- Salento Peninsula (Lecce & lower Brindisi)3 producersCentral Salento lies between the Ionian and Adriatic Seas. Its hot, dry summers are moderated by cool night breezes and strong day-to-night temperature swings, while the Terre del Negroamaro territory is associated with clay soils.
- Taranto & Ionian Arc1 producerTarantino IGP covers Taranto province and permits sparkling, passito, red-grape novello and late-harvest wines. Primitivo di Manduria is one of the area's listed appellations.
Producers in Murge Centrale & Valle d'Itria (Trulli country)
Producer profiles
- Cantine CoppiPuglian estate farming 200 hectares of indigenous varieties between the Bari hills and Salento, with a flagship Primitivo vinified by carbonic maceration and aged in Slavonian oak.
- Cantine TagaroCantine Tagaro is a family-run Puglia winery where three generations of winemaking meet Michele Lorusso’s modern, dynamic direction.