Outstanding houses in Salento.
Salento's reds—Negroamaro and Primitivo—live in the heat, extracting dark fruit and leather where cooler regions might struggle.
Save these houses, build your route through Salento, and navigate when you're there.
Region DNA
The character of Salento
Based on 1,311 wines with structural data
Style profile
Broad range with a recognisable character
FEM score distribution
Based on 208 rated wineries in this region
Flavor territory
Most frequent primary flavor groups
Style breakdown
Wine style frequency · Bar length = relative count
Top grape varieties
Varieties ranked by number of wines · Number = wine count
Most representative winery
The estate whose wines are closest to the regional average — the truest expression of Salento
Belvedere
VisitSalento is a wine region in Italy, home to 411 producers tracked on Femente, 25 of them rated 90+ on the critic index. Its vineyards are led by Negroamaro, Primitivo, and Chardonnay, producing Southern Italy Red and Southern Italy Primitivo wines with notes of Black fruit, Oak, and Red fruit.
Salento — good to know
- What grape varieties are grown in Salento?
- The most planted varieties in Salento are Negroamaro, Primitivo, Chardonnay, and Malvasia Nera, based on the wines Femente tracks across the region.
- What wines is Salento known for?
- Salento is known for Southern Italy Red, Southern Italy Primitivo, and Southern Italy White wines and flavors of Black fruit, Oak, and Red fruit.
- How many wineries are in Salento?
- Femente tracks 411 producers in Salento, of which 25 are rated 90+ on the critic index.
- Where is Salento?
- Salento is a wine region in Italy.
Salento
Salento's reds—Negroamaro and Primitivo—live in the heat, extracting dark fruit and leather where cooler regions might struggle. The peninsula's producers balance extraction with restraint, letting sun-ripened grapes speak without overextraction.
Producers in Salento
- Masseria Altipareti — undiscovered
- Settevite 7 — undiscovered
- Tenute Mater Domini — honest
- Le Vigne di Sammarco — honest
- Paolo Leccisi — honest
- Contino — undiscovered
- Cantina Coppola — honest
- Miro — undiscovered
- Michele Calò & Figli — honest
- Perrini Organic Vine & Wines — distinction
- Cantina Rosa del Golfo — distinction
- Cantina Sampietrana — honest
- Mottura — distinction
- Terribile — honest
- Cantine Ruggio — undiscovered
- Azienda Agricola Francesco Marra — honest
- Claudio Quarta — distinction
- Solemoro — honest
- Casa Vinicola Rosato — undiscovered
- Vini Nardo — undiscovered
- Zacheo — undiscovered
- Itinera — honest
- Taurino Francesco — undiscovered
- Cantina Attanasio — honest
- Masseria Mita — honest
- L'Ampeli — undiscovered
- La Torre — honest
- Vinoli — undiscovered
- I Latini — undiscovered
- Andrea Provenzano — undiscovered
- Masseria Stali — undiscovered
- Antonio Seclì — undiscovered
- Monte Laconca — undiscovered
- Mascalin — undiscovered
- Lomartire — undiscovered
- Le Belle Vigne — undiscovered
- Celinum — undiscovered
- Torre Ospina — honest
- Malvasia Bianca — undiscovered
- Niurumauru — undiscovered
- Le Pitre — honest
- Otri del Salento — honest
- Donna Teresa — undiscovered
- Cooperativa Bosco — honest
- Pandora — honest
- Tenute Buccoliero — undiscovered
- Mani (IT) — undiscovered
- Giardino San Demetrio — undiscovered
- Monsignore — honest
- Tenuta Mosè — undiscovered
- Salvatore Mazzotta — undiscovered
- Koiné — distinction
- Passanera — undiscovered
- Azienda D'Onghia — undiscovered
- Maisolo — undiscovered
- Vitivinicola D'Agostino — undiscovered
- Cantine Serio — undiscovered
- Tenuta Castellana — undiscovered
- Tenute Perrone — undiscovered
- Azienda Agricola Santa Teresa — undiscovered
- Vigneti Reale — distinction
- Vigneti Funiati — undiscovered
- Phoenix — undiscovered
- Menhir — distinction
- Taurino — distinction
- Santa Barbara — honest
- Valesio — undiscovered
- Masseria Capoforte — honest
- Il Contadino — undiscovered
- Le Radici del Tempo — undiscovered
- Feudi Mandolivo — undiscovered
- Tenute Rubino — distinction
- Terre di Marte — undiscovered
- Torreguaceto — honest
- Cantine Riunite del Salento — undiscovered
- Natalino Del Prete — distinction
- Messeri — honest
- Romaldo Greco — honest