WINE CATEGORY: Protected Geographical Indication. COLOUR: Red.
VINE VARIETY: Negroamaro. VINES PER HA: 4500. PRODUCTION AREA:
San Marzano, Salento, Puglia. The area is about 100 meters above sea level, with
high average temperatures and medium-low rainfall. The soft soil layer is clayey
and quite thin, with a good presence of rocks. HARVEST PERIOD: Half of
September. VINIFICATION: Thermo-controlled maceration for about 10 days,
followed by the alcoholic fermentation with selected yeasts. AGEING: In French
oak barrels for 6 months. AGEING POTENTIAL: A wine that preserves its
organoleptic characteristics for 5 years. TASTING NOTES: Deep purple red with
violet reflections; intense and persistent aroma, with black-currant and wild
fruit scent, spicy, with balsamic and vanilla notes. A full-bodied wine, soft and
balanced, long and pleasantly flavoured in the end. BEST SERVED WITH:
Excellent with savoury first courses, all types of meat courses and mature cheese.
SERVING TEMPERATURE: About 16-18°C.

WINE VARIETY: Primitivo.

VINES PER HA: 5000.

PRODUCTION AREA: San Marzano, Salento, Puglia. The area is about 100 meters above sea level, with
high average temperatures and medium-low rainfall. The soft soil layer is clayey
and quite thin, with a good presence of rocks.

HARVEST PERIOD: Second week of September.

VINIFICATION: Thermo-controlled maceration for about 10 days, followed by the alcoholic fermentation with selected yeasts.

AGEING: In French and American wood barrels for 6 months.

AGEING POTENTIAL: A wine that preserves its organoleptic characteristics for 5 years.

TASTING NOTES: Ruby red colour enriched with violet reflections;
generous bouquet, which recalls ripe cherries and plums, with pleasant
notes of cocoa and vanilla. This wine has a velvety texture, softened by
the warmth of the Primitivo grapes; the finish offers notes of persistent
sweetness.

BEST SERVED WITH: Savoury first courses, lamb and game
with rich sauces, hard cheeses.

SERVING TEMPERATURE: About 16-18°C.

VINE VARIETY: Primitivo.

VINES PER HA: 5000 bush vines.

PRODUCTION AREA: Very old vineyards selected in San Marzano and Sava.

The soil is mainly red with a fine texture and a generally calcareous underground with few emerging
rocks. The well-known redness of these soils is due to the presence of iron
oxides. The climate is characterised by high temperatures all year round, very little
rainfall and a wide temperature range between night and day, which has a
positive influence on the quality of the grapes. This is the central area of d.o.p.
”Primitivo di Manduria”.

HARVEST PERIOD: Second half of September.
VINIFICATION: Grapes are hand-harvested in advanced status of ripening.
Maceration: 18 days on 80% of the mass, 25 days on remaining 20%. Thermo-controlled
alcoholic fermentation with autochthonous yeasts at 24-26°C.

AGEING: 18 months in fine French and American wood barrels.

AGEING POTENTIAL: A wine that preserves its organoleptic characteristics for 7 years.

TASTING NOTES: Intense ruby red colour, wide and complex to the nose; fruity, with a prune and cherry jam aroma, with notes of tobacco,
slightly spicy. A full-bodied wine, soft and rich in fine tannins, with notes of cocoa,
coffee and vanilla in the end.

BEST SERVED WITH: Red meat, game, savoury first courses. Meditation wine.

SERVING TEMPERATURE: About 18°C.