A rich in history and passion, Cantele are produced with the heart & soul of a family at the forefront.

 When Giovanni Battista Cantele and his wife Teresa Manara Foggia .

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and they decided to relocate there to raise their two sons Bari . .

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Augusto & Domenico. Foggia .

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Alberobello Brindis. i . .  Augusto went north to Conegliano to study and bello . Albero GuagnanoGuagnano discovered his love of white wines and in 1979 he started Montemesola Cantine Cantele with his father and brother. MontemesolaSava Sava Lecce  Located in Puglia, TarantoLecce situated in the heart of the Mediterranean, the 125-acre Cantele winery faces north to south, with excellent ventilation due to the north wind and to siroccos from the south.

 Today, the winery is run by the 3rd generation of the Cantele family, Augusto’s children Gianni & Paolo and Domenico’s children Umberto & Luisa.

 In 2004 Cantele implemented an integrated farming system, allowing for constant monitoring of weather conditions, thus limiting the use of fungicides and pesticides and using Did You Know? organic methods instead to improve the health of the plants. Cantele was the first family to produce a blending Primitivo and .

© Imported by Winebow, Inc., New York, NY NEGROAMARO ROSATO IGT SALENTO IGT

An important wine in Puglia, given Rosé’s early An unoaked Chardonnay, fresh, easy, crisp. beginnings in the region.

100% Chardonnay 100% Negroamaro

Stainless steel vats Stainless steel vats

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SALICE SALENTINO RISERVA PRIMITIVO SALENTO IGT DOC

Grapes harvested at peak maturation, leading to A benchmark wine to show the potential of only 2g/l of residual sugar. .

100% Primitivo 100% Negroamaro

3 years in stainless steel tank followed by 6 Barrique for approximately 6 months months in used barrique

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TERESA MANARA CHARDONNAY TERESA MANARA NEGROAMARO SALENTO IGT SALENTO IGT

The first Chardonnay in Puglia to be fermented Select from top creating a very in barrel. Produced from a single . elegant Negroamaro.

100% Chardonnay 100% Negroamaro

Stainless steel vats then aged in barrique on its Barrique for approximately 12 months lees for 8 months

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AMATIVO SALENTO IGT Did You Know? The first family to blend indigenous grapes. Blend uses grapes harvested last. Winemaker Augusto Cantele is a pioneer of Chardonnay 60% Primitivo, 40% Negroarmaro production as one of the first to age Chardonnay in Barrique for approximately 12 months Barrels in Puglia.

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