Murge Centrale & Valle d'Itria is a wine area within Apulia. Gioia del Colle lies on the Murgia plateau and is associated with Primitivo wines. The area's listed appellations also include Gravina, Locorotondo, Martina and Ostuni.
Elsewhere in Apulia
Continue through the region
- Castel del Monte & Alta Murgia (Bari hinterland)No producers listed yetCastel del Monte Bombino Nero is a rosé made with at least 90% Bombino Nero. In this Bari-hinterland area, vineyards can sit at about 400 metres on stony ground, with persistent breezes and stronger winds.
- Daunia & Foggia (northern Apulia)9 producersIn northern Apulia, Daunia & Foggia includes the appellations San Severo, Cacc'e mmitte di Lucera, Orta Nova, Rosso di Cerignola and Tavoliere delle Puglie.
- Salento Peninsula (Lecce & lower Brindisi)3 producersCentral Salento lies between the Ionian and Adriatic Seas. Its hot, dry summers are moderated by cool night breezes and strong day-to-night temperature swings, while the Terre del Negroamaro territory is associated with clay soils.
- Taranto & Ionian Arc1 producerTarantino IGP covers Taranto province and permits sparkling, passito, red-grape novello and late-harvest wines. Primitivo di Manduria is one of the area's listed appellations.
Producer profiles
Producers in Murge Centrale & Valle d'Itria (Trulli country)
- Cantine CoppiPuglian estate farming 200 hectares of indigenous varieties between the Bari hills and Salento, with a flagship Primitivo vinified by carbonic maceration and aged in Slavonian oak.
- Cantine TagaroCantine Tagaro is a family-run Puglia winery where three generations of winemaking meet Michele Lorusso’s modern, dynamic direction.