Feudo Monaci Salice Salentino

[Innkeeper]

2002 Feudo Monaci, Salice Salentino, Rosso ($8.99 Local Supermarket). Alcohol 13%. It is 80% Negroamaro and 20% Malvasia rosso without a trace of Primitivo. This seems to be the blend and price of SS these days. This one did the job nicely. Gave plums and lusty black fruit on the nose and tongue tip. More of the same, with musty earthy, controlled oak, and slightly chewey tannin across the palate, and a respectable finish.

Matched nicely as we hoped with penne in pesto, broiled local garlic sausages, and salad in blue cheese dressing. Suspect that was our last pesto of the season; sigh!