Negroamaro with polish and presence. The wine “Caleido” receives 15 months of aging in wood barrels which produces a structured wine that unites natural grape intensity with soft edges and fresh characteristics. The wine presents a ruby red color with violet undertones while releasing plum and black cherry and violet scents that lead to a silky-smooth palate with a savory center and floral notes that persist. The wine displays a strong personality which speaks quietly instead of loudly.
2022 Jorche “Caleido” Negroamaro Salento
90 PTS
— Orazio Campoli, September 2026
About the Producer
Jorche works in the Salento, the flat, sun-drenched peninsula at Puglia’s southern tip, where iron-rich red soils and relentless heat give Primitivo and Negroamaro their density. Wood is used to round the wines rather than mask them, so they keep their Mediterranean signature of dark fruit, warm spice and a wild herbal edge while gaining structure and polish.
The flagship Primitivo di Manduria comes from vines around forty years old and ages nine months in a combination of barrique and large Italian botti: deep ruby, with berry jam, black plum and warm spice over balanced tannins. Soltema, from younger Primitivo vines aged nine months in botti, trades power for immediacy, velvety and round. Caleido, a Negroamaro aged 15 months in wood, unites the grape’s intensity with soft edges, plum, black cherry and violet on a silky, savory palate.