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Laithwaites' label for Cantine Due Palme's flagship Selvarossa Riserva. Negroamaro and Malvasia Nera from Salice Salentino, nine months in French oak, a Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri winner. Ripe cherry, dates, vanilla and liquorice. £24 a bottle.
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Ripe fruit and spice with an elegant, deep structure, in Due Palme's own words: velvety, ripe fruit loaded with spicy oak. The notes below say what we find in the glass.
Ripe fruit and spice first, the notes Due Palme itself picks out. Dates, red fruit and balsamic notes follow, with cherries, vanilla and liquorice in the glass. Plum, blackberry and blueberry lead the fruit, then oak, vanilla and tobacco, then cherry and red fruit.
Blackberry
Cherry
Fig
Plum
Prune
Tobacco
Liquorice
VanillaFull-bodied, warm and velvety. Negroamaro, 'niuru maru' in Salento dialect for its dark colour and firm tannin, gives the structure; Malvasia Nera softens it. A portion of the grapes are air-dried, as for Amarone, which explains the ripe, almost jammy fruit. The wine spends nine months in French oak barrels.
Long, with spicy oak, liquorice and a date-like sweetness of fruit. The tannins are vigorous but well behaved: velvety, ripe fruit loaded with spicy oak.
Angelo Maci created Selvarossa in 1989 as the flagship of his Due Palme cooperative, which now takes grapes from over 1,000 Salento growers. Gambero Rosso gave the Riserva Tre Bicchieri in 2021 and 2022; with drinkers it is a well-liked red rather than a favourite. Drink the 2022 from now to 2031 with roast beef, ragu or aged cheese.
Laithwaites is the only UK shop we track with it: £24 a bottle for the 2022, with delivery free on 12 bottles or more and £7.99 otherwise. Its Vineyard Partners pay £16 a bottle for an annual case of six or twelve, currently the 2021.
Four scores out of ten. Selvarossa dei Confratelli rates highest for food and as an introduction to Salento reds, then for value at £24 and for an occasion, with Tre Bicchieri behind it.
Full, ripe and oaky with Negroamaro's firm tannin: built for roast beef, ragu, lamb and aged cheese. Too big and too spicy for fish, salads and hot dishes.
Velvety tannin, ripe fruit and sweet oak make it an easy first Salento red. The firm Negroamaro grip is the only thing a beginner will notice.
At £24 a bottle at Laithwaites, a Tre Bicchieri flagship Riserva is fair, and Laithwaites' Vineyard Partners pay £16 a bottle by the case, currently the 2021.
A Riserva label, Tre Bicchieri from Gambero Rosso in 2021 and 2022 and a winery named Italian Winery of the Year five times. Good for a dinner party; not a grand gift.
At £24 a bottle and full-bodied with spicy oak, this is a Sunday-lunch red rather than a Tuesday bottle, though partners pay £16.
Already a Riserva with nine months in oak when it reaches you. The 2022 has a drink-by date of January 2031; it will soften, not improve much.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Salice Salentino denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
Due Palme made its first Negroamaro cuts, for sparkling base, a week earlier than in 2021. The whole Salento harvest ran early after a summer of drought and days over 40C, with Puglia's crop 15% down but of excellent quality. This bottle has a drink-by date of January 2031.
2022 in Puglia was hot and dry, with days over 40C. Due Palme made its first Negroamaro cuts, for sparkling base, a week earlier than in 2021, and Coldiretti reported the Salento harvest running early. Coldiretti put the region's crop 15% down but called the quality excellent. Laithwaites gives this bottle a drink-by date of January 2031.
2022 in Puglia was hot and dry, with days over 40C. Due Palme made its first Negroamaro cuts, for sparkling base, a week earlier than in 2021, and Coldiretti reported the Salento harvest running early. Coldiretti put the region's crop 15% down but called the quality excellent. Laithwaites gives this bottle a drink-by date of January 2031.
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.
Salice Salentino DOC sits in Lecce and Brindisi provinces and is built on Negroamaro with a share of Malvasia Nera. Selvarossa is exactly that blend, from a cooperative whose Riserva has won Gambero Rosso's Tre Bicchieri in 2021 and 2022.
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.
Salice Salentino is in the DOC tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Salice Salentino falls within Puglia.
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Angelo Maci set up Due Palme in 1989 so Salento farmers would get proper pay for low-yield grapes instead of being squeezed by northern merchants. Fair grape prices sit inside every bottle of the flagship.
Part of the fruit is air-dried before pressing, as in Amarone. Drying sheds water and volume, so those grapes give fewer bottles per vine.
The Riserva spends nine months in French oak barriques. Small French barrels cost more per bottle than tanks or big casks, and the wine sits unsold while it ages.
At 13.9% alcohol UK duty is £3.19 a bottle at the February 2026 rate of £30.62 per litre of pure alcohol, and VAT on the £24 Laithwaites price is £4. About £7.20 of every bottle goes to the Treasury.
Laithwaites sells the wine at £24 a bottle but offers the Vineyard Partner case, currently the 2021, at £16 a bottle in sixes or twelves. The single-bottle price carries the full shop margin; the case price shows what the wine costs the merchant to offer.
Dishes that go with this wine
A full-bodied, velvety Salento red with firm Negroamaro tannin and spicy oak wants fat, slow-cooked sauces or salty cheese. Roast beef, hearty ragu and aged cheeses come first; lamb and pasta work too.
Beef fat and juices soften Negroamaro's firm tannin, and the wine's ripe, oaky fruit stands up to a big roast. Roast beef is the first thing to reach for.
Try with: Sunday Roast Beef · Fiorentina steak · Steak and Kidney Pie · Beef wellington · More pairings →
A long-cooked ragu is rich and slightly sweet, and this Riserva has the ripe fruit and warmth to match it without turning sharp. Hearty ragu, savoury first courses and pasta all belong here.
Try with: Ragu alla bolognese · Lasagna · Agnello Ragu Lucano · Cotoletta alla bolognese · More pairings →
Salt in an aged cheese makes the date and cherry fruit of this Riserva taste sweeter and rounder, and the velvety tannin never clashes with the fat. Aged cheeses are a standard match for it.
Try with: Strong cheddar cheese · Cheese board · Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · Caciocavallo farcito
Negroamaro keeps enough acidity to cut through lamb fat, and the wine's spicy oak sits well with rosemary and garlic. Lamb belongs on its list.
Try with: Lamb shank · Leg of lamb · Rack of lamb · Roast Lamb with Mint Sauce · More pairings →
Char and smoke meet the toasty oak in this full-bodied Salento red, and its ripe fruit handles sticky barbecue sauces. Grilled meat sits squarely in its range.
Try with: BBQ ribs · Pulled pork · Sirloin steak · Lamb chops · More pairings →
Firm Negroamaro tannin and spicy oak turn raw fish metallic and make hot chilli burn hotter, and a sharp, sour dish makes the wine taste flat and jammy. Keep it for meat, pasta and cheese.
Skip with: Oysters · Sashimi · Green curry · Som Tam · Cheesecake · Pairing guide →
This Riserva arrives with its nine months of oak already done. The 2022 has a drink-by date of 31 January 2031; store it on its side away from heat and open it well before then.
Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
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.
Already a Riserva with nine months in oak when it reaches you. The 2022 has a drink-by date of January 2031; it will soften, not improve much.
£24.00 for a 75cl bottle of the 2022, at Laithwaites, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighDrawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino and Wine-Searcher, 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, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumCantine Due Palme, the cooperative Angelo Maci founded in 1989 at Cellino San Marco in Salento with 15 growers; today it has over 1,000. Selvarossa is its flagship Riserva, and Laithwaites sells it under the 'dei Confratelli' label for its Vineyard Partner scheme. Maci's daughter Melissa now runs the winery.
Mostly Negroamaro, with Malvasia Nera, both native Salento grapes. A portion of the grapes are air-dried, as for Amarone, and the wine spends nine months in French oak barrels.
Ripe cherry, plum and dates with vanilla, liquorice and spicy oak, then a full, warm, velvety palate with Negroamaro's firm tannin. Plum, blackberry, oak, vanilla and tobacco come through most: velvety, ripe fruit loaded with spicy oak.
Yes, by the shop's own account. Laithwaites sells the wine as Due Palme's flagship red under both names, Selvarossa Riserva and Selvarossa dei Confratelli Riserva. It reserves the case for Due Palme's growers and its own Vineyard Partners. Due Palme's own site carries the flagship only as Selvarossa Riserva, which won Gambero Rosso's Tre Bicchieri in 2021 and 2022. This 2022 bottling is 13.9% alcohol, while the standard 2021 Riserva is 14.5%.
It is £24 a bottle at Laithwaites, the only UK shop we track, plus £7.99 delivery under 12 bottles. Laithwaites' Vineyard Partners get an annual case at £16 a bottle, currently the 2021 vintage.
Roast beef, hearty ragu and aged cheese first, then roasts, grilled meat, savoury pasta and lamb. Avoid raw fish, sour salads and fierce chilli.
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