Torrevento

The Torrevento winery covers a vast territory within the Castel del Monte area, in the wildest part of the northwestern Murgia, and has significant numbers in terms of size, bottles produced and quality. The heart of the winery is the former eighteenth-century Benedictine monastery in the Torre del Vento district, purchased by the Liantonio family in 1948 and converted into a winery, home to rural and traditional wine production. The Torrevento winery manages 500 hectares of vineyards in which only indigenous grape varieties find a place: uva di Troia above all, but also Bombino nero and bianco, Moscato Reale, Pampanuto and Aglianico. The vines, which are spurred cordon or guyot trained, are partly organically farmed and enjoy phytosanitary defense using integrated control systems: an artificial intelligence that processes microclimatic data and makes it possible to prevent diseases such as downy mildew and oidium. The climate, typically Mediterranean, presents favorable conditions for viticulture, such as strong temperature ranges and constant ventilation, while the soil, wild and rocky as throughout the Murge plateau, has a medium-textured limestone-clay consistency. In the Torrevento winery, dug into the rock of the monastery, the work done in the vineyard is respected and excessively long macerations and excessive use of wood are avoided. The wine rests in 56 glass-cement tanks and then in wooden containers of various sizes. The result is wines that are fresh and refined but also full-bodied, very pleasant and rich in fruit. Among the most active producers committed to enhancing the nectar designations of Bacchus and Castel del Monte, pioneers also of business process certifications for food safety and ethical responsibility, Torrevento is a piece of history in the Apulian wine renaissance. A monument still able to amaze and innovate, to produce wines combining large numbers and very high quality.