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San Marzano Il Pumo Salice Salentino is an approachable introduction to one of Puglia's classic red wine styles. Blending 85% Negroamaro with 15% Malvasia Nera di Brindisi, it delivers ripe cherry and plum, Mediterranean herbs and gentle spice, with a full body balanced by a pleasantly fresh finish.
Made entirely in stainless steel, it keeps the fruit clear and vibrant rather than adding oak-derived weight or sweetness. If you enjoy smooth, generous southern Italian reds but want to explore beyond straightforward varietal Primitivo or Negroamaro, this is a very easy place to begin.
Merchant's Tip
If you've enjoyed the generous reds of southern Italy and would like to discover Salice Salentino, this is a very easy place to begin. It has plenty of ripe fruit and body, but its fresh finish and unoaked style stop it becoming heavy.
Appearance: Bright ruby red with garnet reflections.
Nose: Intense aromas of ripe cherry and plum with gentle spice and Mediterranean herbs.
Palate: Full-bodied and robust, with generous cherry and plum fruit, gentle spice and enough freshness to keep the wine balanced and immediately approachable.
Finish: Pleasantly fresh and persistent, with lingering ripe fruit, herbs and subtle spice.
Choose Il Pumo Salice Salentino if you enjoy smooth, generous southern Italian reds but would like to explore one of Puglia's traditional regional wine styles.
It's particularly well suited to drinkers who enjoy approachable Malbec, Côtes du Rhône, Rioja Crianza or softer Primitivo but would like something with a little more savoury character and freshness.
If you're looking for a heavily oaked, intensely concentrated or particularly powerful red, another bottle will probably suit you better. Il Pumo is deliberately about accessible fruit, freshness and drinkability.
Il Pumo Salice Salentino is made from 85% Negroamaro and 15% Malvasia Nera di Brindisi, the classic red blend of the Salice Salentino denomination.
The grapes are grown in Salento at around 100 metres above sea level on shallow, clay-rich soils with a significant presence of rock. Harvest takes place during the second half of September.
After harvest, the grapes undergo approximately ten days of temperature-controlled maceration and alcoholic fermentation with selected yeasts. The wine is then matured entirely in stainless steel rather than oak.
That unoaked approach is important to the character of Il Pumo. Rather than adding vanilla, toast or extra weight from barrel ageing, San Marzano keeps the emphasis on ripe cherry and plum, Mediterranean herbs, gentle spice and the fresh finish that makes the wine so approachable.
Il Pumo Salice Salentino works particularly well with charcuterie, hearty pasta dishes, grilled or roast red meats, Italian sausages and mature cheeses.
Serve at around 16–18°C. It doesn't require decanting, although opening the bottle shortly before serving will allow its fruit and savoury aromas to become more expressive.
For broader regional pairing advice, read our What Food Goes with Puglia Wine? guide.
Il Pumo Salice Salentino does a very specific job in the range: it gives you an inexpensive and approachable way to discover a traditional Puglian denomination without disguising it beneath lots of oak.
There's plenty of ripe cherry and plum to make it immediately enjoyable, but the Mediterranean herbs, gentle spice and fresh finish give it a different character from a straightforward fruit-led southern Italian red.
If the question is, “I'd like to try Salice Salentino — where should I start?”, this is exactly the sort of bottle we'd recommend.
If you enjoy the Negroamaro character in this wine but aren't sure Il Pumo is the right bottle, browse our Negroamaro wines to compare other styles and price points.
If you'd like to stay with the producer, browse our San Marzano wines.
If you'd like to understand Negroamaro before choosing another bottle, read our Should You Buy Negroamaro? guide.
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