Type of wine:
Still red wine.
Main grapes:
Primitivo
Production area:
Apulia Region (South-Italy)
Soils:
Good exposure and ventilation. Soils are mainly clayey, but you can also find fine and calcareous soils with limited thickness and excellent drainage or red soils, stony, and rich in minerals.
Harvest:
As early ripening variety, harvest takes usually place in August, at latest at the beginning of September.
Colour:
Intense ruby red with garnet hints.
Taste:
In the mouth warm, round and smooth, with fruity notes, soft tannins and an ethereal after taste.
Vinification:
Pressing and maceration to extract the colour and soft tannins. Fermentation at controlled temperature in stainless steel tanks and pumping over. Wine rests and refines in steel tanks only for a brief period of time before bottling.
Bouquet:
Intense aroma with notes of overripe small berry and plum jam.
Food pairing:
Perfect with cold cuts appetizer, vegetable soup, red meat and medium seasoned cheeses. Has a sustained body, which can also be paired with complex red meat dishes.
Serving suggestion:
Serving at room temperature, about 18-20°c.
Alcohol content:
13,5%
