TERRAMARE PRIMITIVO SALENTO IGP - 6 bottle

Tasting notes

Intense and complex wine with a ruby ​​color and purple hues. The nose has notes of plum in jam, violet, Mediterranean herbs and spices. In the mouth it is balanced, mature and persistent. GRAPE VARIETY Primitivo 100% ALCOHOL GRADATION 13% by vol. YIELD PER HECTARE 10.000 bottles (5.000 vines per hectare) AGE OF THE VINES 25/30 years old VINE CULTIVATION METHOD cordon training Origin of the name Salento is, at the same time, Terra e Mare. In fact, the ancient Greeks called the Salentini with the name of Messapi, that is people between two seas, the Ionian and the Adriatic. production zone Terramare Primitivo is produced in North Salento. The harvest is done manually, in the first decade of September. into the winery After crushing and destemming the grapes, the mass containing the must macerates for about 7 days at a temperature of 26-28 ° C. The wine obtained is aged for 2 months in barriques of first and second wine. life cycle Ready wine about 3 months after bottling, it keeps its organoleptic characteristics intact for at least two / three years.