La Corte 2006

We recently tried two wines from La Corte winery in Puglia Italy (the heel of the boot). The 2006 Salice Salentino and the 2006 Solyss. These wines, made by acclaimed winemaker Chris Ringland, both use the negroamaro grape as the predominant grape but have different tastes. The Salentino was a medium to full bodied wine with mixed berry (raspberry) aromas along with tobacco. It has a nice sweet berry taste along with the Italian earthiness. The Solyss, mixed with Primitivo, was more of a fuller bodied wine with spicy blackberry aromas and plum and blueberry tastes. This also had the earthiness. The Salentino was rated 91 points and I have to agree that it was the better wine, although the cheaper wine ($11 and $16).