DIECIANNI PRIMITIVO SALENTO IGP

Tasting notes

All the grape varieties have their own story as well as the primitivo that has its own: from Gioia del Colle, in fact, it arrives in Manduria and then in some areas in the north Salento, such as Guagnano. Since the soils are different, all the wines produced with primitivo are different one from another: DieciAnni Primitivo is a unique, elegant and opulent wine and the vines it is obtained from are between two seas and cuddle from both the winds coming from the north and the south. It has a dense red colour with intense violaceus shades. Wide and persistent in the nose with an intense and intriguing perfume. Hints of liquorice in the mouth, made precious by some soft tannins. GRAPE VARIETY Primitivo 100% ALCOHOL GRADATION 13,5% by vol. YIELD PER HECTARE 8.000 bottles (4.000 – 4.500 vines per hectare) AGE OF THE VINES 35/40 years old VINE CULTIVATION METHOD alberello (head training system) grapes 100% Primitivo production area an harvest time North Salento – hand harvest during the first ten days of September. at the winery The grapes macerate for one week in some stainless-steel tanks at 26-28°C. The resulting wine is aged for three months in French oak barrique. ageing potential Ready-to-drink wine or to be kept for at least 4/5 years. servings temperature- food matchings 18°C – Pork shin; baked goatling with Cardoncelli mushrooms; primitivo braised beef.