Cantina Supersanum
Salento, Puglia, Italy
In the sunlit vineyards of Terra d'Otranto, in and around Supersano, Cantina Supersanum grows out of a Nutricato family wine tradition that began four generations ago in the early 19th century and once thrived during a local golden age of grape growing across Salento. Founded in 2014 by the Nutricato brothers, the cellar took shape when Gabriele Nutricato returned home and, with an old friend, revived abandoned vines, soon joined by Paolo Nutricato and Sara Nutricato after years of agricultural training that stretched from University of Bologna to Lecce, Maglie, and Cesena. Their philosophy is organic and regenerative, built on living soils and a closed loop mindset where grape and farm residues become compost with the help of earthworms, then are transformed into aerated “compost tea,” strengthened by collaboration with Dr. Zaccardelli at C.R.A. Research Centre for Horticulture in Pontecagnano. In the cellar, they keep slow craft-natural rhythms, selecting only the best grapes, timing decanting and racking with lunar cycles and seasons, aging on fine lees without high-pressure filtration, sharply reducing chemical additions (including dramatically lower sulphites), and finishing with eco-minded packaging like sugar-cane bioplastic caps and handmade shellac, with future bottlings aimed at fully biodegradable materials.
