{"product_id":"copertino-copertino-riserva-doc-2016-750ml","title":"Copertino Riserva DOC 2016 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eITALY : PUGLIA : COPERTINO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSUSTAINABLE : Negroamaro\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFULL-BODIED, BLACKBERRY, DRIED CHERRY, LEATHER, MEDITERRANEAN HERB, UNOAKED\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr style=\"margin: 0;\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eCupertinum is Copertino DOC's 90-year-old cooperative — 300 growers farming the same flat Salento plain that has been planted to vines since the 1500s. The cooperative built its reputation by doing what most Italian cooperatives didn't: holding back its best parcels for an estate-bottled Riserva and releasing it only when the vintage earned the designation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNegroamaro — \"black-bitter\" in the local dialect — is Salento's signature red grape, a late-ripening variety that builds deep color and dark fruit easily in this sun-drenched plain, then offsets the richness with a pronounced savory bitterness and a bright orange-peel note. It's the structural opposite of a jammy southern Italian red.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2016 Riserva is fermented on skins for eight days and aged entirely in stainless steel — no oak, no vanilla, no masking of the grape's natural character. The result is a textbook expression of Negroamaro at its most transparent: concentrated without being heavy, bitter-fruited without being austere. The 2016 vintage was widely regarded as one of the finest in recent southern Italian memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr style=\"margin: 0;\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePAIRINGS :\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003eGrilled lamb chops\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003edark fruit and firm tannins cut through lamb fat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003eBraised short ribs\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eslow-cooked collagen softens the wine's structure\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003eAged Pecorino\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ebitter finish and dried fruit complement sharp sheep's milk\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Banville Wine Merchants","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62573478445215,"sku":"8203","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0232\/3203\/files\/IMG-0784.jpg?v=1763512716","url":"https:\/\/eastsidecellars.com\/products\/copertino-copertino-riserva-doc-2016-750ml","provider":"Eastside Cellars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}