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Primitivo di Manduria DOP - Format: 1,5 lt + Wooden Box Format: 3 lt + Wooden Box - Vintage: 2021
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GRAPE VARIETY
Primitivo
AGEING
3 months in American oak barriques
ALCOHOL CONTENT
14 %
SERVICE TEMPERATURE
18° C
FOOD PAIRING
Roasts, game and wild mushrooms; well-seasoned sauces and spicy foods
TASTING NOTES
Pronounced bouquet of ripe cherry and cassis, with hints of coconut and chocolate
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Description
Manduria, known as the city of Primitivo, was founded by the Messapians, an ancient civilization of Illyrian origin, who began to cultivate grapes in Salento as early as 2,000 BC. This viticultural heritage is recognised in Primitivo di Manduria DOP appellation, that guarantees a wine with high structure and full body, a high alcohol content and a pronounced bouquet of spices and overripe fruit.
GRAPE VARIETY: Primitivo
APPELLATION: Primitivo di Manduria DOP
PRODUCTION AREA: province of Taranto, southeast Puglia
TRAINING SYSTEM: traditional apulian bush vine
SOIL: clayey
PLANT DENSITY AND YIELD: about 5000 plants per hectare, with a yield of 1.8 kg of grapes per plant
HARVEST: manual harvest, generally by the end of August, working in the early hours of dawn to avoid high temperatures that could reduce the freshness and aromaticity of the wine.
VINIFICATION: the grapes are destemmed and fermented at a controlled temperature of 25 °C.
AGEING: 6 months in American oak barrels and 2 months in stainless-steel tanks
ALCOHOL: 14.5%
CALORIES: 101.5 kcal / 100 ml
TASTING NOTES: intense ruby red color; pronounced bouquet of ripe cherry and cassis, with hints of coconut and chocolate; bold and full-bodied, with velvety tannins. Lingering finish of dried figs and overripe black fruit.
SERVICE: decant and serve at 18 °C
FOOD PAIRING: roasts, game and wild mushrooms; well-seasoned sauces and spicy foods
Additional information
| Aging process | 3 months in American oak barriques |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Size | 1,5 lt + Wooden Box, 3 lt + Wooden Box |
| Alcohol Degree | 14 % |
| Line | Classici |
| Temperature | 18° C |
| Type of wine | Still red |
| Vine Variety | Primitivo |
Cantine Paololeo
If it is true that behind every bottle of wine there is always a story to tell, that of Paololeo wines is a simple and beautiful story, just as all the family stories are.
There have been five generations of winemakers who, united by a passion for wine and never leaving their land, have built a piece of history of the winery which, today as then, in located in the town of San Donaci, south of Brindisi.
The main focus of the Paololeo winery is the family and the territory in all its traditional expressions; the winery is flanked by the farm which today owns more than 70 hectares and an ancient farmhouse surrounded by vineyards; Primitivo, Negroamaro, white and black Malvasia of Lecce: these are the main autochthonous vines grown, followed by Chardonnay and Fiano.
Today it is a modern company of 35,000 square meters, equipped with a fully automated bottling line, a capacity of 120,000 hectoliters of wine and 1,000 French and American barriques for aging the wines.
The annual production is currently around 5 million bottles, of which 60% is destined for sale abroad in countries such as Denmark, Sweden, Norway, England, Germany, Switzerland, USA, Brazil and others.
Remaining faithful to tradition has always been Paolo Leo's goal, animated by the same hereditary passion that has accompanied the Leo family business for more than a hundred years.
Official page: www.paololeo.it
