Primitivo

Young Primitivo wines, sometimes produced in blend with other local grapes, are characterized by a remarkably fruity olfactory profile. These wines offer excellent value for money and are ready to drink.

In its best expressions, such as Primitivo di Manduria DOC, Primitivo is aged in wood, both in barriques or in larger barrels. These wines are usually warm and soft, with a balanced tannic texture, tertiary notes of spices and good longevity.

These dessert wines, produced from naturally dried grapes, show a broad and complex palette of ripe red fruit flavours with hints of plum; they are sweet, velvety and intense.

The origins of Primitivo are uncertain, but it is believed that the vine was brought from Dalmatia to Puglia more than 2000 years ago by the ancient people of the Illyrians. DNA testing and extensive historical research have confirmed a common origin to the California Zinfandel grape.

Due to the natural high alcohol content, its intense color and full body, for a long time it has been considered only a blending wine, perfect to reinvigorate the weak French and northern European wines.

However, in recent decades, thanks to the careful work of the local winemakers, who favoured low yields and careful vinification, intense and powerful Primitivo wines of great elegance and finesse have been produced.

Great expression of the sunny territory of Puglia and Southern Italy, Primitivo gives structured and round wines with extraordinary fruit intensity that are ideal companions to meat dishes and spicy flavours.