Vigneti del Salento I Muri Primitivo 2018

Description

Vigneti del Salento I Muri Primitivo

Vigneti del Salento I Muri Primitivo is a deep ruby red colour with violet reflections.

Vigneti del Salento I Muri Primitivo has red berry fruit perfumes with a hint of spice and is full-bodied with firm tannins, this wine is well balanced with lots of ripe fruit flavours.

This is the new solo venture in Puglia of the Farnese group.

The wines are made at two wineries in the province of Taranto on the western flank of Salento.

Winemaker Filippo Baccalaro is the driving force behind this new label, Filippo, a native of Piemonte, has been working in Puglia for almost two decades.

He was attracted by the rich, ripe flavours of the fruit, and the ability to capture these flavours with minimal use of technology and a lot of know-how.

This is the new solo venture in Puglia of the Farnese group (responsible for Gran Sasso, Zabu, Vesevo, Tufarello and others).

The wines were made at two wineries in the province of Taranto on the western flank of Salento. The style of the wines – fresh whites, soft and generous reds – will be familiar to those who buy their other wines, as winemaker Filippo Baccalaro is the driving force behind this new label. (Vigneti del Salento)

Filippo, a native of Piemonte, has been working in Puglia for almost two decades. He was attracted by the rich, ripe flavours of the fruit, and the ability to capture these flavours with minimal use of technology and a lot of know-how.

Filippo has the latter, as is illustrated by these wines. The star wines are, of course, those made from native grapes like Verdeca, Negroamaro and, of course, Primitivo.

The grapes were gently pressed and cooled to 10ºC for a maceration period of 8-10 days with regular pumping over.

Yeasts were added to start fermentation, which took place under temperature controlled conditions of up to 20ºC. The wine was drained off and malolactic fermentation occurred in stainless steel tanks.

Vigneti del Salento I Muri Primitivo