Primitivo di Manduria Cantine San Marzano 60 years 2018

Primitivo di Manduria Cantine San Marzano 60 years 2018

Sixty Years Primitivo di Manduria D.O.P.

grape variety: Primitivo di Manduria 100%

description of the primitive sixty-year-old

In San Marzano viticulture has a thousand-year history, which can be seen in its older vineyards, rich in centuries-old clones. From this precious heritage of sapling vineyards over sixty years old, a wine is born, which is the most beautiful story of our territory.

grape variety: Primitivo.

Area: Very old vineyards selected in the municipalities of San Marzano (TA) and Sava (TA).

Soil: Residual red soil with a fine texture with a calcareous substrate, sparse rocky outcrops and an intense presence of iron oxides.

Cultivation: Saplings at least sixty years old (5,000 per hectare).

Harvest: Second half of September.

Winemaking: The grapes, in an advanced state of ripeness, are harvested manually. Maceration takes place for 18 days on 80% of the mass and for 25 days on 20%, with indigenous yeasts selected in the vineyard. Fermentation takes place at a controlled temperature of 24-26 °C.

Aging: In French and American oak barriques for 12 months.

Organoleptic characteristics: Very intense and elegant ruby ​​red colour; broad and complex bouquet, fruity, with hints of plums, cherry jam and notes of tobacco, slightly spicy; wine with great body, soft and rich in noble tannins, with a finish that gives notes of cocoa, coffee and vanilla.

Pairings: Robust first courses, red meats and game. Meditation wine.

Serve at: 18°C.