Feudo Croci is the Tinazzi family's Salento estate, founded in 2001 when Gian Andrea Tinazzi visited Puglia and bought into the local Primitivo vineyards. The estate produces Primitivo di Manduria DOC under the Imperio LXXIV and Byzantium labels, run from the family's Veneto base.
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Feudo Croci was born in 2001, when Gian Andrea Tinazzi travelled to Salento and was drawn to the heat-baked Primitivo vineyards that have always defined this corner of southern Puglia. Within months the family had secured land in the Manduria zone and added a Puglian arm to the Tinazzi operation, alongside the Veneto headquarters at Cantina Tinazzi in Lugana di Sirmione.
The estate's identity sits on two flagship labels. Imperio LXXIV is the entry-tier Primitivo di Manduria DOC, a richly ripe red built for the wide UK retail audience that fuelled the Primitivo boom of the past decade. Byzantium is the higher-tier expression, drawn from older alberello-trained plantings with longer maceration and more oak influence. Both labels lean into the warm, round, near-port profile that is the regional signature when handled with restraint.
The Salento plateau Feudo Croci works on is hot, low-rainfall, and white-soiled, with the Ionian coast tempering the harshest summer afternoons. Primitivo here has historically been bush-trained at low yields, which delivers small, intensely flavoured berries. Feudo Croci's vineyards follow that tradition where the older parcels allow, with espalier on newer plantings.
The Feudo Croci estate operates as the Puglian production arm of the Tinazzi family. Tasting visits, where offered, are typically routed through the Tinazzi central office at Ca' de Rocchi in Veneto; the Puglian site is not configured as a primary hospitality venue. The bottle ships through the family's UK distribution under the same Tinazzi commercial team that handles the Veneto Valpolicella and Lugana range.
Feudo Croci's current bottle selection is led by Primitivo di Manduria DOC. The clearest grape signal comes from Primitivo.
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