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Schola Sarmenti
Half Negroamaro, half Primitivo from bush vines around 55 years old near Nardò. The nose runs overripe, all plum and sour cherry; steel-raised, so the richness is pure fruit. £15.90 with free delivery, drink within five years.
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The producer's own sheet calls the nose almost overripe: plum and sour cherry, clear and defined. Strawberry, pepper and liquorice follow, and it is a well-liked red.
Almost overripe and dense is the producer's own description: plum and sour cherry, clear and well defined. Behind them, strawberry-led red fruit and a peppery, liquorice edge.
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LiquoricePowerful but easy to drink at the same time, the estate's own line on it. Equal halves of Negroamaro and Primitivo from bush vines around 55 years old give the fleshy, concentrated middle; it is all steel, no oak, so the richness is pure fruit at 14%.
Elegant and very long, and at £15.90 that finale is the point.
A Salento blend from Nardò by a house going since 1934, and a well-liked red. Drink it within five years of the vintage, at 16C, with a meaty table.
Svinando sells the 2024 at £15.90 with free UK delivery, the only UK listing we track. That is old-vine Salento fruit for about the price of a supermarket premium red.
A weekend-roast red at £15.90: approachable enough for beginners, serious enough for Puglia fans. The scores below break it down.
Built for meaty tables: barbecue, roasts, braises and rich pasta all fit; only heat and delicate fish sit outside its range.
Fruit from bush vines around 55 years old, hand-picked, for £15.90 with free delivery: honest Salento value in a well-liked red.
Powerful but easy to drink, in the producer's own words: a friendly first step into southern Italian reds, if you respect the 14%.
Weekend-roast money at £15.90 with free delivery; a touch big at 14% for a quiet Tuesday.
A generous crowd-feeder for a Sunday table rather than a statement bottle for a milestone.
Steel-raised and made to drink within five years: freshness is the point, not ageing.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Salento denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
The 2024 saw only steel and five months in bottle, so it arrives fresh and ready. Drink it within five years; no patience required.
Steel-raised with five months in bottle, so the 2024 arrives young and fresh. The shop's own advice is to drink it within five years; serve at 16C.
Steel-raised with five months in bottle, so the 2024 arrives young and fresh. The shop's own advice is to drink it within five years; serve at 16C.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
Salento IGT covers Puglia's heel, where Negroamaro and Primitivo rule. Armentino takes both, half and half, from bush vines around 55 years old planted 4,500 to the hectare.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Salento is in the IGT tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Salento falls within Puglia.
Winery
Nardò
Wine area
Producer: Schola Sarmenti, Nardò. Directions
The producer's sheet lists Apulian alberello vines of roughly 55 years at 4,500 plants per hectare: old, low-yield farming that costs more per kilo of grapes.
Grapes are picked by hand and laid in small ventilated crates to keep them intact, the producer says; that is labour a machine harvest would not cost.
Maturation is in stainless steel plus five months in bottle, so no oak budget sits in the £15.90 price.
The wine is produced and bottled by Terrulenta in Nardò and sold through a wine club, a route that keeps Salento fruit prices honest.
Duty of £2.67 plus £2.65 of VAT make £5.32 of the £15.90 price, a third (2026 rates).
It is made for hearty mains: beef, lamb and pasta. Dense plum fruit at 14% wants meat, char and rich sauces.
Hearty main courses are where this wine belongs, and the structure agrees: dense plum fruit at 14% stands up to char and smoke without drying out.
Try with: BBQ ribs · Ribeye steak · Lamb chops · More pairings →
Long braising softens the wine's dense, fleshy structure, and the sour-cherry edge the producer describes keeps a rich sauce from feeling heavy.
Try with: Beef stew · Ragù alla bolognese · Lamb shank · More pairings →
Negroamaro carries a faint, pleasant bitterness, so the wine and Puglia's own greens echo each other instead of clashing.
Try with: Orecchiette con cime di rapa · Apulian Orecchiette with Broccoli Rabe · More pairings →
Salty hard cheese meets dense fruit and 14% of warmth; the wine rinses the fat and the cheese calms the wine's power.
Try with: Cheese board · Pecorino sardo e pan carasau
Hot chilli makes 14% alcohol feel hotter and turns dense fruit jammy, while delicate white fish and shellfish disappear under this much wine.
Skip with: Vindaloo · Szechuan beef · Sushi · Oysters · Pairing guide →
For the main offer above.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.
Steel-raised and made to drink within five years: freshness is the point, not ageing.
£16.00 for a 75cl bottle of the 2024, at Svinando, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.
Read directly from each retailer’s public product page several times a week. Last refresh: 6 Nov 2026, 04:11 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.
Confidence · HighDrawn from published drinker ratings, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, from how this wine is made, UK duty and VAT and the price shops charge for it today. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumThe drinking years for the main offer apply to its 2024 vintage. Treat them as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumAn equal-parts blend of Negroamaro and Primitivo from Salento, in Puglia's heel, labelled Salento IGT. Schola Sarmenti is a Nardò house going since 1934, and it calls Armentino the quintessence of Puglia.
The producer's own sheet describes the nose as almost overripe and dense, with plum and sour cherry clear and well defined. The palate is powerful but easy to drink, with strawberry, pepper and liquorice behind the plum: a well-liked red.
No. It is made in stainless steel and then rests five months in bottle. The dense, rich feel comes from bush vines around 55 years old that yield very little fruit, not from barrels.
Meaty mains. It is made for hearty main courses: beef, lamb and rich pasta. Barbecue, lamb chops and a slow beef stew all work. Serve it at 16C.
No. Drink it within five years; the steel-raised style is at its best young and fresh. Buy it for the table, not the cellar.
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