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I Muri Primitivo
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I Muri Primitivo

A lovely full bodied, fruit driven red from Puglia!

Country, Region: Italy, Puglia
Grape: Primitivo
Vintage: 2023
ABV: 14%
Food friend: Pizza
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Brimming with wonderful aromas of red berry fruit. Full-bodied with firm tannins, deep rich and well-balanced with lots of ripe fruit flavours that carry through to a flavour filled finish.

This is Farnese's venture in Puglia (they are also responsible for Gran Sasso, Zabù, Vesevo, Tufarello and others). The wines are 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 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 has the potential to capture these flavours with minimal use of technology and a lot of know-how

The vineyards are mostly situated in the communes of Manduria and Sava, and are owned by growers with whom Filippo has been working for many years. The vineyards are located at an altitude of 70-100 metres above sea level. Production is lower than its potential, which ensures that only the best quality grapes are selected. The red soils are calcareous clay and rich in iron, minerals and nutrients. 80% of the grapes come from old bush vines and the rest from trained vines that are at least 20 years old. Vines are trained with both Guyot and spurred cordon system.

The grapes were destemmed and gently pressed, before being cooled to 10°C 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 20° C. The wine was then transferred to stainless steel tanks where malolactic fermentation was carried out.

Think Italian, think Pizza!

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