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ABOUT THE VINEYARDS
Grape: Primitivo
Type: Red
Appellation: Salento I.g.t.
Vineyard location: Cellino San Marco
Vineyard Altitude and orientation: 70 mt. a.s.l. – W, SW
Soil: clay with limestone rock
Vineyards age: 11 years old
Vine training system: bush vines with Settonce system
Plant density: 5.120 vines/ha

WINEMAKING
Harvest time: last week of August and first week of September.
Harvest method: grapes are hand-picked and collected in small cases.
Vinification: once in the cellar, grapes are manually selected in the rolling tape before de-stemming and pressage. Fermentation takes place under the highest control, in order to obtain the maximum result from the extracting phase, with délestages and circulation pumping, to extract color and fruitiness from the skins. Fermentation is done under controlled temperature between 27° and 31° C, to preserve as much as possible the original aromatic qualities of the fruit. After the alcoholic fermentation is finished, the wine is transferred into French oak barriques, where the malolactic fermentation takes place. At the end of the ageing in barrique, the wine is bottled after a careful tasting.
Barrel ageing: 6 months in 225 L barriques.
Cellar life: to drink now and in the next 4 years.

TASTING NOTES
Dense ruby red with a purplish rim, it is immediately intense on the nose with marked aromas of ripe and fleshy red fruits, notably cherries followed by spicy notes of cinnamon and nutmeg; in the mouth it is full, powerful, smooth and very long, with a well defined acid streak which makes it fresh and pleasing.
Alcohol: 14% Vol. Serving temperature: 14-16° C