| Classification |
Primitivo di Manduria DOC |
| Grape variety |
Primitivo di Manduria 100% |
| Production area |
Manduria / Sava |
| Year of planting |
1918 |
| Production |
22 quintals of grapes per hectare |
| Soil |
Red soil on a rock carparean base |
| Harvesting period |
End of August / Early September |
| Harvesting method |
By hand, in boxes of 15 kg |
| Winemaking process |
Maceration in open tanks of steel of 15 quintals |
| Alcoholic fermentation |
In open steel refrigerated tanks at 14°/18° for 14/16 days |
| Refining |
12/14 months in barrique + 12 months in steel tanks + 12 months in bottles |
| Proof |
15% |
| Color |
Strong ruby red with a purple tint |
| Bouquet |
Deep and delicate red fruit, cherry and currants, with hints of spice and pepper |
| Taste |
Powerful with vigorous and decisive tannins, however always elegant and never aggressive on the palate, intriguing end leader of coffee and licorice |
| Food pairing |
Wild game or boar stew, shoulder of smocked pork, bluefin tuna griddle, rolls of swordfish messinese style, fossa cheese |
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