Winery

The winery now collects the legacy of the old “trappeti” that were present in the historic city center until the 1950s.

Remarkable was the work and interest of French importers particularly attracted to the “Nero di Troia” grape from which the “Rosso Barletta” is made.

This is an ancient wine with great body, inseparable companion of many countrymen during the intense emigrations to the Americas, Australia and France at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The boarding registers of those years noted hundreds of thousands of hectoliters loaded punctually in the port of Barletta and destined for those territories, after all only the “Rosso Barletta” lent itself brilliantly to pass the critical test of the slow navigations of the time in the equatorial latitudes.

The production of our grapes takes place in the wonderful area of ​​the Alta Murgia, with an altitude ranging between sea level and 250 meters above sea level.

From a structural point of view, the soil is calcareous / clayey with a medium texture or tending to loose, sufficiently and variably deep and of good fertility.

The climate of the area is typically Mediterranean, also considering the proximity of the coastal area, which is why the temperatures are mild, neither too rigid in winter, nor excessively hot in summer.

The espalier or marquee training forms, the planting distances and the pruning systems are the traditional ones and such as to pursue the best and rational arrangement on the surface of the vines.

The harvest takes place when the grapes are fully ripe.

The human factor has an extraordinary importance in defining the territory, which is suited to the production of this noble and historic grape: the Troia grape.

Many testimonies certify the passion of Frederick II of Swabia for this vine, cultivated along the Adriatic coast of the current province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, so much so that it is also known as “Nero di Troia”, “Vitigno di Barletta” or “Grapes of Barletta”.