The Riserva category for Salice Salentino denotes two extra years of aging. Indeed, the 2011 Salice Salentino Riserva (80% Negroamaro and 20% Malvasia Nera) shows budding complexity in the form of smokey granite, cola and tobacco. Those more ethereal tones add new layers and extra nuance to the solid wall of black, jammy fruit that makes up the core of this wine. The mouthfeel is ripe, soft and chewy.