Severino Garofano

The Path

At Azienda Monaci in Copertino, the role of founder and winemaker has given Severino Garofano a long continuity of practice. Read against the 1945 and 1995 markers in the record, the emphasis is on duration and repetition rather than movement for its own sake: staying with one place, one house, and one grape over time. Negroamaro sits at the center of that path, and Garofano’s work has consistently returned to it as the estate’s main language.

The Work Today

That role remains active, and the method behind it is stated without ornament. Garofano describes a philosophy built on respect for tradition, carried into a modern approach through team dynamism and close attention to the land: "Our philosophy, in fact, is based on a deep respect for tradition, translated into a modern approach thanks to the dynamism of the team involved in the wine business and the attention to the land which allows making top quality wines." The position is clear: tradition is not frozen in place, but used as a working base for the present. The style that follows stays tied to site while keeping pace with current demands.

Career

Signature

Le Braci, Girofle, and Simpotica are the named wines attached to Severino Garofano’s work. Taken together, they show a profile built around Negroamaro and a precise sense of house style. Simpotica is the clearest marker of that line, the wine most closely associated with the way his estate frames and carries the grape.

In Their Words “Our philosophy, in fact, is based on a deep respect for tradition, translated into a modern approach thanks to the dynamism of the team involved in the wine business and the attention to the land which allows making top quality wines.” “Clo’ as "Clou," the clove, the spicy note of our rosé thinking. But also as "Clos," a selection of fine grapes, which want to enhance the power of Negroamaro rosés.”

Acclaim

Recognition for Garofano comes through a narrow but defined specialty: Negroamaro. The work does not spread outward into unrelated claims; it keeps returning to the same grape and to the discipline required to shape it well. Simpotica condenses that focus into a named wine, and with it the reputation attached to a style that is specific, grounded, and closely identified with the estate.