Primitivo, red IGT Salento

Tenute del Sole's Primitivo is a warm and complex wine, with a vibrant and generous nature and an inspired character.

Summary

Tasting notes

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Colour: dark ruby, tending towards garnet.

Bouquet: ethereal, fragrant and rich notes mark this ample and enveloping wine, displaying distinct scents and nuances of cherries in brandy, blackberry jam, blueberry and blackcurrant, rhubarb, humus, tobacco, ginger, black pepper and aromatic herbs.

Taste: dynamic, coherent and strong taste impact, showing a fascinating minerality, which well combines with the powerful structure of the fruit, the vigorous acidity and the pleasant and exuberant tannins.

Characteristics: it’s a warm and complex wine with a flighty personality, generous and vibrant, intense and concentrated, surprising while ageing.

Food matches: perfect with 'bucatini' in boar meat sauce, 'pappardelle' in hare sauce, rigatoni 'con la pajata', pork stew, tripe rolls, stuffed meat rolls with tomato sauce, spitroasted beef with lard and tuna stew with mint. Very good with medium-seasoned cheeses.

Technical sheet

Classification: red – IGT Salento
Alcohol level: 13,50% by vol.
Analysis: pH 3,70 – total acidity 5,30 g/l
Grape variety: primitivo 100%
Vineyards location: Brindisi
Soil characteristics: medium consistency
Altitude: 100 m above sea level
Year of implant: 2000
Training system: cordon trained, spur pruned
Vines per hectare: 6.000
Yields per hectare: 8 tons
Harvest: first days of September
Fermentation: 10 days in steel tanks
Maceration: 15 days at controlled temperature
Malolactic fermentation: totally carried out
Serving temperature: 18°C
Glass: red wine goblet.