Torrevento
Torrevento winery spans a vast territory within the area of Castel del Monte, in the wilder 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 18th-century Benedictine monastery in the Torre del Vento district, purchased by the Liantonio family in 1948 and transformed into a winery, home to a rural and traditional winemaking production.
The Torrevento winery manages 500 hectares of vineyard where only indigenous grape varieties are found: primarily Uva di Troia, but also Bombino nero and bianco, Moscato Reale, Pampanuto, and Aglianico. The vineyards, trained in a spurred cordon or Guyot system, are partly cultivated under organic farming and benefit from a plant protection defense that uses integrated control systems: an artificial intelligence that processes microclimatic data and helps prevent diseases such as downy mildew and powdery mildew. The climate, typically Mediterranean, presents favorable conditions for viticulture, such as strong temperature fluctuations and constant ventilation, while the soil, wild and rocky as in all the Murge plateau, has a calcareous-clay consistency of medium texture.
At the Torrevento winery, carved into the rock of the monastery, the work done in the vineyard is respected, and overly 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. They produce fresh and refined wines but also full-bodied, very pleasant, rich in fruit.
Among the most active producers committed to enhancing the denominations of Bacchus's nectars and Castel del Monte, pioneers also in the certification of business processes for food safety and ethical responsibility, Torrevento is a piece of history of the renaissance of Apulian wine. A monument still capable of surprising and innovating, producing wines that combine large numbers and very high quality.
Torrevento winery spans a vast territory within the area of Castel del Monte, in the wilder 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 18th-century Benedictine monastery in the Torre del Vento district, purchased by the Liantonio family in 1948 and transformed into a winery, home to a rural and traditional winemaking production.
The Torrevento winery manages 500 hectares of vineyard where only indigenous grape varieties are found: primarily Uva di Troia, but also Bombino nero and bianco, Moscato Reale, Pampanuto, and Aglianico. The vineyards, trained in a spurred cordon or Guyot system, are partly cultivated under organic farming and benefit from a plant protection defense that uses integrated control systems: an artificial intelligence that processes microclimatic data and helps prevent diseases such as downy mildew and powdery mildew. The climate, typically Mediterranean, presents favorable conditions for viticulture, such as strong temperature fluctuations and constant ventilation, while the soil, wild and rocky as in all the Murge plateau, has a calcareous-clay consistency of medium texture.
At the Torrevento winery, carved into the rock of the monastery, the work done in the vineyard is respected, and overly 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. They produce fresh and refined wines but also full-bodied, very pleasant, rich in fruit.
Among the most active producers committed to enhancing the denominations of Bacchus's nectars and Castel del Monte, pioneers also in the certification of business processes for food safety and ethical responsibility, Torrevento is a piece of history of the renaissance of Apulian wine. A monument still capable of surprising and innovating, producing wines that combine large numbers and very high quality.
