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Commercial description

Grape variety: Primitivo 100%
Vineyards location: Marchione district, Conversano (BA), Apulia – Italy
Soil characteristics: limestone and clay hills
Training system: sapling
Yields per plant: 1-4 kg approx
Planting year: 1990
Harvest: handpicked grapes from family vineyards, in the first ten days of September
Vinification: grapes are carefully selected in the cellar, then crushed and de-stemmed and then kept in steel tanks. Fermentation of the skins enables the extraction of all their valuable substances; fruity polyphenols and tannins. Each step takes place at a controlled temperature. Once the skins are separated, the wine goes into steel silos
Ageing: slowly in 50 hl Slavonian oak barrels, preferably already flavoured by other wines, for a period of about 12 months
Annual production: about 30,000 bottles
Serving temperature: 18 ° -20 ° C

Tasting Notes
Colour: deep red with purple hues
Bouquet: intense and persistent, fine, slightly spicy
Palate: dry, warm, soft, quite tannic, tasty
Food pairings: mousaka, chicken with soy sauce, onion soup, costini with bacon, parmesan cheese
Cellaring: very long-lived, about 15 years
Best Award: Three glasses in Italian Wines of Gambero Rosso 2017

Alc 13.5%

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