Wine Details

Indigenous Primitivo del Salento IGT

100% Primitvio from 20-year-old vines planted on a Northern exposure in calcareous soil at an elevation of 330 feet. Fermented and aged in stainless steel – no use of oak. Primitivo traces back to the ancient Phoenicians who settled in Apulia (Puglia). Legend says it was the wine served at the Last Supper.

Region:

PUGLIA

Producer:

Indigenous

Classification:

Salento IGT

Variety:

100% Primitivo

Number of bottles produced:

10,000 cases

Production area:

Salento (Apulia); northern exposure

Altitude:

100 meters / 330 feet

Age of vines:

20 years

Yield:

6,000 bottles per ha

Training:

Guyot and Alberello

Vinification:

Maceration for 7 days

Refining:

6 month in stainless steel vats, no use of oak

Alcohol content:

14.0%

pH level:

3.65

Acidity:

6.2 g/l

Soil:

Calcareous

Harvest:

Beginning of September

Bottling:

Aged 2 months in bottle

Release:

Spring

Flavors:

Full body, chewy tannins rounded up by a fruity, soft texture finish

Colors:

Ruby Red

Aromas:

Aromas of stewed-fruit and tomato leaf

Recent press reviews

88

Indigenous Primitivo del Salento IGT 2020

Wine Enthusiast (88)- ""Best Buy", The savory nose asserts powerful aromas of pepper and soil, before lighter, balancing notes of pencil shavings, tomato leaf and cherry cough drops emerge. On the palate, blackberries and wet slate underscore that black cherry freshness, while bright acid glints off taut tannins."

88

Indigenous Primitivo del Salento IGT 2019

Wine Enthusiast (88)- ""Best Buy""

88

Indigenous Primitivo del Salento IGT 2019

Wine & Spirits (88)- "Flavors of raspberry jam, licorice and orange peel combine to make this primitivo a rich and warming choice for hearty pastas and braised meats."

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