RED WINE
ABV: 14% VOL
Grape: Negroamaro
Country: Italy
Aging: Aged in 4-5 months American and French oak barrels.
Seal: Cork type
This is the Puglia venture of the Farnese group (responsible for Gran Sasso, Vesevo,and Tufarello ). 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. Filippo, a native of Piemonte, has been working in Puglia for almost two decades. He was attracted by the rich, ripe flavors of the fruit, and the ability to capture these flavors 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 then aged in used American and French oak for 4-5 months before bottling.
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